I’m far too old to write a villanelle
A sonnet or a roundeau or free verse
Besides I know my poetry won’t sell
I have my life and living now to tell
But maybe you would like it better terse
I’m far too kind to write a villanelle
I need another life time just to mull.
How I can avoid the writers’ curse?
I suspect my sonnets just won’t sell
Is the mind complete, might it be full?
I’d hate to have to write when in my hearse
I’m far too daft to write a villanelle
Get the knitting needles and some wool
I feel as if my brain is going to burst
Writing sonnets when they never sell
Yet writing of all options is least worst
Acting like a midwife or a nurse.
Am I too grey to write a villanelle?
Can I be sure my poetry will not sell?
