I wrote this villanelle for you.
I don’t intend to try again.
This villanelle will have to do.
This villanelle was meant to woo,
in five tercets and one quatrain.
I wrote this villanelle for you.
I worked on it a long time, too,
on rhyme, and meter and refrain.
This villanelle will have to do.
I hope that you will not pooh-pooh
my villanelle, and cause me pain.
I wrote this villanelle for you.
To try and villanelle anew
might seriously hurt my brain –
this villanelle will have to do.
More villanelles will not ensue.
You’ve got this one, so don’t complain.
I wrote this villanelle for you.
This villanelle will have to do.