Luna escapes to the moon each night,
fairies abound dancing on moonbeams ~
Mystical music is her delight.
Exploding fireworks are such a sight,
Mother Moon claims they lead to dreams.
Luna escapes to the moon each night.
Drunk with ale, dream Master starts a fight.
Luna laughs, "Easy to provoke, it seems!"
Mystical music is her delight.
Master of dreams took pause at the sight
of Luna, bathing in lunar streams.
Luna escapes to the moon each night.
Five meddling, magical, matchmaking sprites
put Dream Master with Luna, match supreme.
Mystical music is her delight.
Master of dreams made a deal tonight ~
He and Luna united their teams.
Luna escapes to the moon each night,
Mystical music is her delight.
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Author Notes
A Villanelle is a nineteen-line poem consisting of a very specific rhyming scheme: aba aba aba aba aba abaa.
The first and the third lines in the first stanza are repeated in alternating order throughout the poem, and appear together in the last couplet (last two lines).
I haven't been able to find anywhere where it outlines specific syllable counts.
Please feel free to suggest changes or point out where I bungled the form!
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