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This is a work inspired by the Simran Gleason painting "Ashes"

Its time to cast some light on the stage

For entry in the Vibrant Villanelles contest.

Something I wrote watching the news one day

A true story around the time I was seventeen

I composed this one morning while waiting to see the sunrise.

Just what are we doing letting the government have such control over us?

I heard a comment during a storm and this came to mind

Poets must write of lost love, it seems our souls demand it.

Every poet writes about the eyes. I think it is because we know they do more than see out, they allow others to see in.