the wind is strong where soft sand blows
along the shore the water’s speech
releases the waves, a voice that knows
perhaps that’s why we feel so close
on every walk along this beach
the wind is strong where soft sand blows
we seek adventure, step in the flows
a faraway wind from the East
releases the waves, a voice that knows
the scent of freedom, a thought that grows
can show us the treasures that lie within reach
the wind is strong where soft sand blows
beneath the moon, a star that glows
we stretch out our dreams where each
releases the waves, a voice that knows
when colours brighten our rainbows
mirroring all that they teach
the wind stays strong where soft sand blows
releasing the waves, a voice that knows
© Xenia Tran
Sarah at dVerse Poets invites us to write a Villanelle this month and this is our first contribution. Our second contribution has now been published at Where Seasons Meet and our third contribution Worth Waiting For can be found on our sister blog Tranature.
A Villanelle is a French verse form consisting of five three-line stanzas and a final quatrain, with the first and third lines of the first stanza repeating alternately in the following stanzas. These two refrain lines form the final couplet in the quatrain (the Poetry Foundation)
The prompt at dVerse remains open if you want to participate and there are now more than seventy contributions for you to enjoy.
Wishing you all a beautiful Tuesday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.5 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100, f/3.2 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100 and f/3.5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100.
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