Villanelle of Orange

Villanelle of Orange
 
Obvious oblivions wept coral.
All shall fear the striking of the orange fates.
Bergamot nectar drenched the immortal.
 
Tangerine suns begin the old quarrel
While they locked myriad mandarin gates.
Obvious oblivions wept coral.
 
Peach traditions that should have been oral
Lay within the cold sunset which forsakes.
Bergamot nectar drenched the immortal.
 
Apricot masses opened the portal,
All for the marmalade book of [...]

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Villanelle of Gray

Villanelle of Gray
 
The pale silver ring lost its fortitude
While volcanic ash infiltrated day.
All that’s left now is my gray solitude.
 
She watched the calm storm from her granite dune
But the clouds broke up and wandered astray.
The pale silver ring lost its fortitude.
 
Smoke gracefully danced to the haunting tune
While lovers shed tears in this steel ballet.
All that’s [...]

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Villanelle of Purple

Villanelle of Purple
 
By using amethysts she casts her spell.
She’ll change all the clouds to burgundy shades,
All for this cryptic purple villanelle.
 
Some say she was born in an eggplant hell.
Others say she was raised with lilac slaves.
By using amethysts she casts her spell.
 
As a young girl she played lavender shells,
Making friends with mystic tanzanite waves,
All for [...]

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Villanelle of Green

Villanelle of Green
 
We must not leave the jade tigress alone.
The teal faery has powerful magic.
“Emerald Eyes” will be on my tombstone.
 
A four-leaf clover can never atone
For what the deep green sea made quite tragic.
We must not leave the jade tigress alone.
 
Deep in the jungle she finds a jaw bone
Which leopards say was made with lime [...]

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Villanelle of Black

Villanelle of Black
 
Tears fall down my face beneath starless skies.
The ebony song prevents my dark dreams.
My blackened heart longs for a red moonrise.
 
These ink stains I cannot rationalize.
They appeared along with my aphotic screams.
Tears fall down my face beneath starless skies.
 
Wishing for his dark obsidian eyes
I find myself in melancholy themes.
My blackened heart longs for [...]

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Villanelle of White

Villanelle of White
 
The ivory coffins hear confessions.
Pearl necklaces encircle the silence.
Everyone join in the white processions.
 
Albino tresses are her impressions.
She made the crypt to have opalescence.
The ivory coffins hear confessions.
 
She carries titanium digressions,
Vanilla lilies with effervescence.
Everyone join in the white processions.
 
Anemic daughters are her obsessions.
Snow falls slowly with blind malevolence.
The ivory coffins hear confessions.
 
She acquires [...]

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Villanelle of Red

Villanelle of Red
 
My vision is veiled by hues of scarlet.
Why all this red?  Is it triumph, defeat?
Perhaps vermillion’s a body’s regret.
 
Dark rouge is on the sad marionette,
Who wants crab apples for his nightly treat.
My vision is veiled by hues of scarlet.
 
Not sea but blood gathers near the inlet.
The bright cherries were meant to be complete.
Perhaps [...]

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Villanelle of Yellow

Villanelle of Yellow
 
 
Amber hills remind me of Othello,
Who once held the golden prize in his hand,
A victim of fate escaping yellow.
 
Pestilence spreads to the ochre willow.
Plague rises and falls much like the coarse sand.
Amber hills remind me of Othello.
 
I gaze at the nicotine-stained cello
Which the canary once thought was most grand,
A victim of fate escaping [...]

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Villanelle of Blue

Villanelle of Blue
 
Cyan infects my hidden sacrifice.
I’m forced into lapis lazuli dreams.
Deep blue waters swim within pale blue skies.
 
Sapphires gaze boldly at my green eyes.
They are as sacred as the cobalt streams.
Cyan infects my hidden sacrifice.
 
Give me hyacinths and reveal your lies,
Something to prove indigo’s what it seems.
Deep blue waters swim within pale blue skies.
 
I [...]

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