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Choices

Do not regret the choices you have made

In musing on the pages of your past;

Rejoice before your memories can fade.

 

It’s pointless thinking chances thus portrayed

Could ever pan out as your hopes forecast;

Do not regret the choices you have made.

 

The grass is always greener, so it’s said;

But wishful dreams can wilt and wither fast.

Rejoice before your memories can fade.

 

The jobs whose opportunities you weighed

Still had pitfalls for which you rightly passed;

Do not regret the choices you have made.

 

The girls who briefly in your life forayed

Built character but were not meant to last;

Rejoice before your memories can fade.

 

Don’t let deceitful doubts make you dismayed;

Be thankful for the life you have amassed.

Do not regret the choices you have made,

Rejoice before your memories can fade.

Villanelle

◄ The Hunter

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Stu Buck

Mon 16th May 2016 13:18

i agree, very satisfying. i like villanelles although i dont think id ever try one with any great aplomb.

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John Coopey

Sun 15th May 2016 21:36

Good to see a form poem so elegantly constructed. The villanelle is not a favourite form of mine but I envy the skill with which you've graced this.

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raypool

Fri 13th May 2016 21:25

Reassuring and philosophical in the nicest way, Trevor. The form has the hypnotic appeal of the Desiderata, and draws us in.

Satisfying . Ray

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