The whirling blue dot worked its magic spell,
And set its course around the burning sun,
And blest mankind, in paradise to dwell.
The cosmic dust in an expanding shell,
Primevil space exploded; it was done.
The whirling blue dot worked its magic spell.
The galaxies congealed, to then fortell
The birth of planets–space dust overrun.
And blest mankind, in paradise to dwell.
The earth was born, a massive cosmic cell;
While surface scenes depict new life begun,
The whirling blue dot works its magic spell.
Then plants emerged, by atmosphere compelled,
Then animals, creation almost done,
And blest mankind, in paradise to dwell.
At last the humans came, the final bell!
And settled down, all nature overcome.
The whirling blue dot worked its magic spell,
And blest mankind, in paradise to dwell.
(July 1996)
(Note: What is a villanelle? A type of poem of French origin with a rather specific rhyme, meter, line and verse arrangement, but on any subject. It has nineteen lines:five three-lined stanzas, concluding with a four-lined (quatrain) stanza. The refrain (repeated lines) couplet (two—lines), which terminates the poem, consists of lines one and three of the first triplet (three lines verse). Moreover, line one (the first half of the refrain) terminates stanzas two and four, and line three (the other half of the refrain) terminates stanza three and five. Only two rhyming sounds are used. The rhyme pattern in verses 1 – 5 is aba, with verse six abaa. Most villanelles in English are written in iambic pentameter,although other meter is sometimes used. Some poets, once knowing the rules, feel free to break them, but still keep the poem in acceptable rhythm. In the above villanelle we have tried to hold to the rules.)