Mountain Villanelle

Once-blue mountains, almost gone
The old and faded ones still standing,
Tired from life’s marathon,

Waiting for the coming dawn

Like ghosts forever calling,

Once-blue mountains, almost gone,

But just enough when new light shone,

To paint a scene of landscape vast,

Tired from life’s marathon

New-built stacks of glass come on,

And covers up the nature’s past,

Once-blue mountains, almost gone,

And watching as the new sun shone,

All but few had eyes well cast,

Tired from life’s marathon,

The mountains had soon brought on

A conflict, not first nor last,

Once-blue mountains, almost gone,
Tired from life’s marathon.


 Explication:

I decided to make this poem a villanelle because it seemed a bit more of a challenge. It was difficult to relate every line back to the two refrains but I thought it worked out in the end. My to refrains were "Once-blue mountains, almost gone." and "Tired from life's marathon". This poem talked of how the beauty of nature goes more and more unnoticed as the world develops. I also tried to mention how city skylines are slowly replacing the beautiful mountain landscapes. I included a few poetic devices in this poem such as the simile in line 5.