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January 25, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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your not a bad poet
the normal rhyme scheme ia A,B1,B2 - a,b,A,B1 - a,b,b,A,B1,B2
but you changed it a bit and it worked. I have subverted forms in a lot of poems.. in some villanelle I have the last two lines back to front... in Pantoums I mess around.. it shows that you are comfortable....
the normal rhyme scheme ia A,B1,B2 - a,b,A,B1 - a,b,b,A,B1,B2
but you changed it a bit and it worked. I have subverted forms in a lot of poems.. in some villanelle I have the last two lines back to front... in Pantoums I mess around.. it shows that you are comfortable....
January 24, 2026 at 6:36 PM
your not a bad poet
the normal rhyme scheme ia A,B1,B2 - a,b,A,B1 - a,b,b,A,B1,B2
but you changed it a bit and it worked. I have subverted forms in a lot of poems.. in some villanelle I have the last two lines back to front... in Pantoums I mess around.. it shows that you are comfortable....
the normal rhyme scheme ia A,B1,B2 - a,b,A,B1 - a,b,b,A,B1,B2
but you changed it a bit and it worked. I have subverted forms in a lot of poems.. in some villanelle I have the last two lines back to front... in Pantoums I mess around.. it shows that you are comfortable....
Yes, I know. With a villanelle you can carry the poem forward with the stanzas, madrigals give you less space to do that. It's a challenge to do them well - which you do.
January 24, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Yes, I know. With a villanelle you can carry the poem forward with the stanzas, madrigals give you less space to do that. It's a challenge to do them well - which you do.
Madrigal, sonnet then villanelle for me. I love repeated lines
January 24, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Madrigal, sonnet then villanelle for me. I love repeated lines
Thanks Jen. Im off to go do some lighter stuff now.. but I did love writing the villanelle
January 24, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Thanks Jen. Im off to go do some lighter stuff now.. but I did love writing the villanelle
Oh Dave, this is lovely, well not lovely obviously, but a great villanelle capturing a lot of emotion 🖤
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January 24, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Oh Dave, this is lovely, well not lovely obviously, but a great villanelle capturing a lot of emotion 🖤
January 24, 2026 at 10:58 AM
I always tell people in my poetry workshops to learn the craft of form (sonnet, villanelle, haiku, aubade, etc) so they can break form with artistry.
Van Gogh learned Seurat's Pointillist technique, which systematically placed color dots to create effects. He dropped the logic, choosing to use Pointillist techniques only when it helped him convey feeling.
January 24, 2026 at 6:25 AM
I always tell people in my poetry workshops to learn the craft of form (sonnet, villanelle, haiku, aubade, etc) so they can break form with artistry.
poetic forms are fun. (sestina, villanelle. there's more i don't know.) where there's a given structural component you have to tease around with.
January 24, 2026 at 3:14 AM
poetic forms are fun. (sestina, villanelle. there's more i don't know.) where there's a given structural component you have to tease around with.
Eve/Villanelle!!!!!! one of my all time bulletproof ships <333
January 23, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Eve/Villanelle!!!!!! one of my all time bulletproof ships <333
👀January 2026 Poetry👀
"Queercoded Villanelle" is a poem by anaum sajanlal about how memory itself can serve as sacred practice. Read it for its grief and survival.
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"Queercoded Villanelle" is a poem by anaum sajanlal about how memory itself can serve as sacred practice. Read it for its grief and survival.
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![An excerpt of the poem "Queercoded Villanelle" by anaum sajanlal, in Issue 21 of Haven Spec Magazine (January 2026). The text reads:
Build an altar to memory. Do not forget.
Dot ancestors all over, then kneel down and pray
to all the joys you do not think possible, yet.
And once you have swallowed the moon of your grief, get
up and run. Leave your eye-silver flowing. Though they
burn altars to memory, we do not forget.
[...]
The background is the issue's cover art, titled Pile, by Aimee Cozza. It shows a figure with blood around their mouth and on their neck and chest, cuddling a pack of wolves.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4ueitqarm32pz3ap6ckphdzu/bafkreib5engrgptmj7qt35qyybstxr4ficsk2iobvxycqghutxm343yoyq@jpeg)
January 23, 2026 at 8:20 PM
👀January 2026 Poetry👀
"Queercoded Villanelle" is a poem by anaum sajanlal about how memory itself can serve as sacred practice. Read it for its grief and survival.
Subscribers get it Monday!
"Queercoded Villanelle" is a poem by anaum sajanlal about how memory itself can serve as sacred practice. Read it for its grief and survival.
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Today our newsletter readers received two poems from our Winter 2026 issue by Anna Lena Phillips Bells. These took second place in our annual Pablo Neruda contest, judged by @randallmann.bsky.social and are featured in the poet’s new Anthony Hecht Prize-winning collection, MIGHT COULD.
January 23, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Right? I almost wouldn't allow myself to call this a sonnet because it doesn't follow the "traditional" rhyming and iambic pentameter. But, I realize people stray from that and still call them sonnets. I DID write a villanelle once that followed strict form, though, and I am damn proud of that.
January 23, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Right? I almost wouldn't allow myself to call this a sonnet because it doesn't follow the "traditional" rhyming and iambic pentameter. But, I realize people stray from that and still call them sonnets. I DID write a villanelle once that followed strict form, though, and I am damn proud of that.
Splendour Festival 2026 update! 🎸
Primal Scream, Craig David, Editors and The Flaming Lips are heading to Wollaton Park this July. They join headliners Snow Patrol and The Wombats for a huge weekend in Nottingham. 🎪✨
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Primal Scream, Craig David, Editors and The Flaming Lips are heading to Wollaton Park this July. They join headliners Snow Patrol and The Wombats for a huge weekend in Nottingham. 🎪✨
#SplendourFestival #Nottingham #LiveMusic #UKFestivals
January 23, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Splendour Festival 2026 update! 🎸
Primal Scream, Craig David, Editors and The Flaming Lips are heading to Wollaton Park this July. They join headliners Snow Patrol and The Wombats for a huge weekend in Nottingham. 🎪✨
#SplendourFestival #Nottingham #LiveMusic #UKFestivals
Primal Scream, Craig David, Editors and The Flaming Lips are heading to Wollaton Park this July. They join headliners Snow Patrol and The Wombats for a huge weekend in Nottingham. 🎪✨
#SplendourFestival #Nottingham #LiveMusic #UKFestivals
I love villanelle. They are one of my favourite forms, but never seem to be received very well. I have written a few for myself though. Maybe one day when I can get a collection together, I'll slip a few in.
January 22, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I love villanelle. They are one of my favourite forms, but never seem to be received very well. I have written a few for myself though. Maybe one day when I can get a collection together, I'll slip a few in.
👏👏👏Rhymed form is worth experimenting with Jen, esp by yourself rather than for prompts. Petrarchan sonnet, villanelle, canzone etc. The early products won’t always be ‘finished’. But how a discipline becomes a companion & offers possibilities not just constraints benignly infects your other writing
January 22, 2026 at 3:53 PM
👏👏👏Rhymed form is worth experimenting with Jen, esp by yourself rather than for prompts. Petrarchan sonnet, villanelle, canzone etc. The early products won’t always be ‘finished’. But how a discipline becomes a companion & offers possibilities not just constraints benignly infects your other writing
Explaining to Pennywise that I’m terrified of Villanelle from Killing Eve
January 22, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Explaining to Pennywise that I’m terrified of Villanelle from Killing Eve
I was there. Carnage. Took a villanelle right to the throat.
January 21, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I was there. Carnage. Took a villanelle right to the throat.
Villanelle, where are you when we need you the most?
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January 21, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Villanelle, where are you when we need you the most?
The first video single from Wendy McNeill’s upcoming album "Doom Pa Pa": "Violence Is a Villanelle". Just beautiful!
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VIOLENCE is a VILLANELLE Music Video from Wendy McNeill's album DOOM PA PA (2026)
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January 21, 2026 at 12:01 PM
The first video single from Wendy McNeill’s upcoming album "Doom Pa Pa": "Violence Is a Villanelle". Just beautiful!
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As with all of them Rachel it’s practice. Years ago a poet told me to practice as many forms as possible - sonnet, villanelle, quatrain etc. I ignored the advice for years then realised he was right & did it. The idea isn’t to end up using them but learn about form & music so they’re under your skin
January 21, 2026 at 8:06 AM
As with all of them Rachel it’s practice. Years ago a poet told me to practice as many forms as possible - sonnet, villanelle, quatrain etc. I ignored the advice for years then realised he was right & did it. The idea isn’t to end up using them but learn about form & music so they’re under your skin
for no particular reason i’m feeling a killing eve rewatch… villanelle if you can hear me 😫
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January 21, 2026 at 6:31 AM
for no particular reason i’m feeling a killing eve rewatch… villanelle if you can hear me 😫
Meeting up next Wednesday in Pittenweem Library
January 20, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Meeting up next Wednesday in Pittenweem Library
"The White Wolf Goddess Of The Moon" An Ekphrastic Villanelle Inspired By A Beautiful Work By Justine G. Cappelli of The Chicken Legged Workshop
The White Wolf Goddess Of The Moon
An Ekphrastic Villanelle Inspired By A Beautiful Work By Justine G. Cappelli of The Chicken Legged Workshop
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January 20, 2026 at 2:04 PM
"The White Wolf Goddess Of The Moon" An Ekphrastic Villanelle Inspired By A Beautiful Work By Justine G. Cappelli of The Chicken Legged Workshop