Sesquipedalianist

A villanelle is a form of poetry. I love using this form because it gives a poem a sense of rhythm and rhyme. This specific poem was an in-class assignment, which meant I probably wrote it in less than an hour. It’s probably far from perfect; I rarely bother with doing revisions. I cry my eyes out each night All I ever think about is you I need you back in my sight With you my days are always bright I love you and because I do I cry my eyes out each night Kill myself from pain I might Even though you said we’re through I need you back in my sight I don’t know if what I’m doing is right My days seem all very blue I cry my eyes out each night I sit here feeling hurt tonight About what to do I haven’t a clue I need you back in my sight I bleed now from the lips I bite My love for you is ever so true I cry my eyes out each night I need you back in my sight Another love poem: simple, easy, doesn’t require much imagination. I’m not a great fan of love poems myself, but I find myself leaning ...

Before I post anything new I'm going to post some of the poems I've written a few years ago, I thought I'd start with an English poem... This poem is one of my favorites. I've written it for a class last year; we were asked to write a poem about loneliness, that was the only restriction we had to writing this poem. The first thought that came to my mind was to write about a child, or any person, who's sitting alone or in a dark place. But while brainstorming, I realized that that's a very literal representation of loneliness; I changed my idea. In the end I wrote about a real person, a friend who I think as being very lonely; that might not be true, but it’s how I think she feels. I got a 100% for that poem, I tried to include as much emotion as I could; I would never have managed to write such an effective poem as this turned out to be if I'd written about that lonely child. She’s the center of attention; Wherever she goes they go. She knows the latest goss...