*A villanelle is a French verse form in nineteen lines that follows a specific pattern of two rhymes and an alternating refrain.
School is five feet from where I rest One must have willpower to stay attentive Don’t even attempt to get nicely dressed Cameras to the ceiling, unable to see our chest Our appearance makes us apprehensive School is five feet from where I rest This year will go by like a pest It is hard for us to be expressive Don’t even attempt to get nicely dressed Is it all for the best? We are online but so disconnected School is five feet from where I rest Can it be called house arrest? The painful peace is pensive Don’t even attempt to get nicely dressed Let's come together and manifest A better future, no stress School is five feet from where I rest Don’t even attempt to get nicely dressed
Victoria Torres attends Pembroke Pines Charter High School and is in 11th grade. She enjoys her 6th period Creative Writing class and has recently won the Villanelle Category of the school’s poetry contest. Her favorite pieces to write are short stories, memoirs, and poems.
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