Dear Albert HendecaVillanelle
Dear Albert HendecaVillanelle David Angel Rain pinging my mind's roof for a fortnight Restless, dreaming, being dragged by headless horses My finest insights usually come at night The harsh glare of the mercury lamp is bright I unified the fundamental forces Rain pinging my mind's roof for a fortnight Quantum physics is a mental slog, a fight I'm either in my lab or teaching courses My finest insights usually come at night It struck me like the bolt struck Benjamin's kite I used the sound to gather my resources Rain pinging my mind's roof for a fortnight The classical and the quantum the same, right? 356 and 911, both Porsches My finest insights usually come at night The atom's a small solar system, alright? My theory's sound but I don’t know if your's is Rain pinging my mind's roof for a fortnight My finest insights usually come at night Copyright ©️ 2026 David Angel, All Rights Reserved Floormat of the villainy Dastardelle: A French verse form consisting of five three-line stanzas and a final quatrain, with the first and third lines of the first stanza repeating alternately in the following stanzas. These two "refrain lines" form the final couplet in the quatrain. - poetryfoundation. org The first and third lines of the opening tercet are repeated alternately in the last lines of the succeeding stanzas; then in the final stanza, the refrain serves as the poem's two concluding lines. Using capitals for the refrains and lowercase letters for the rhymes, the form could be expressed as: A1 b A2 / a b A1 / a b A2 / a b A1 / a b A2 / a b A1 A2 - poets. org Cici - Hendacavillanelle! Good portmanteau! Should I explain the title? Angel - They're writers! All eleven of 'em. Not exactly Einsteins but they're smart enough to know what a hendacasyllable is without a hint Cici - Well then can I explain why your's isn't a word? As if you don't know this. I think you leave really dumb typos in your poems to toy with me. I don't have to be your editor you know Angel - No, I really don't know that yours is a possessive pronoun that doesn't get a flying comma - Its not like Im trying to annoy you sweetie