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I know nothing of the Villanelle but this seems fine and obnoxious. Luke On Tue, 11 Sep 2018 at 01:26, jesse <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Villanelle > > The old should be honored for going away > With their broken-up looks and their misfiring minds > While the new impresarios program and play. > > One may stop to suggest that diminishing clay > Could, in fact, conceal treasures of various kinds. > But the old should be honored for going away. > > “Those once bold precursors who pointed the way > “To the codes now perfected; the apps now refined!”: > Wise loungers in sunshine opine as they play: > > “Forerunners—dear to us--why must they stay > “Locked behind shutters; immured behind blinds? > “The old should be honored for going away. > > “Blest childhood enrichers, do not delay > “The logic of harvests, the pruning of vines, > “We blossoming technocrats, smile when we say-- > > “You struggled to win, lived your lives, had your day > “For you, we’ll build websites, much better than shrines. > "The old should be honored for going away..." > Say the gifted and glad of it--lords of today. > > Jesse > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the BRITISH-IRISH-POETS list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BRITISH-IRISH-POETS&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the BRITISH-IRISH-POETS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BRITISH-IRISH-POETS&A=1