A villanelle <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Who turned to mist and cried my name so clear, <br />then spun full circle, spun again her head <br />that night I viewed the ghost of Ellen Weir? <br /> <br />Afraid and frantic for my life was dear <br />to me, I ran and ran. I raced the dead <br />who turned to mist and cried my name so clear. <br /> <br />If I had known she flowed so thin-air near <br />myself, smoke-spitting; I’d have prayed instead <br />that night I viewed the ghost of Ellen Weir. <br /> <br />Her freezing smile made ice cubes tumble here <br />on ground. No mortal warmth. She's snow that spread <br />who turned to mist and cried my name so clear. <br /> <br />What could I do? My heart could hardly bear <br />its drum-play. In her side the knife was red <br />that night I viewed the ghost of Ellen Weir. <br /> <br />The knife now bled and stuck far in I fear <br />for I had killed the one I longed to wed. <br />Who turned to mist and cried my name so clear <br />that night I viewed the ghost of Ellen Weir? <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Who turned to vapors? Said my name so clear, <br />then spun full circle, spun again, her head <br />that night I viewed the ghost of Ellen Weir? <br /> <br />Afraid most frantic for my life was dear <br />to me, I ran, ran. Yes, from her I fled <br />who turned to vapors, said my name so clear. <br /> <br />If I had known she flowed so mist-thin near <br />myself, smoke-spitting; I’d have prayed instead <br />that night I viewed the ghost of Ellen Weir. <br /> <br />Then she next smiled and ice cubes tumbled here <br />to ground from her own mouth. She’s ice-cold dead <br />who turned to vapors, said my name so clear. <br /> <br />What could I do? My heart could hardly bear <br />its drum-play. In her side the knife was red <br />that night I viewed the ghost of Ellen Weir. <br /> <br />The knife was red and stuck far in I fear <br />for I had killed the one I’d never wed. <br />Who turned to vapors? Said my name so clear <br />that night I viewed the ghost of Ellen Weir?<br /><br />Glenn Bagshaw<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/villanelle-ellen-weir/
