A visit to the villanelle
Ask a group of writers to name the most popular traditional style of poetry, and you will find the sonnet high on the list. Ask a group of poets the same, and there will be more than a few who suggest the villanelle, the form required for our next competition.
One of the older set forms, the villanelle began as a round song chanted by workers in the fields and as a choral dance. It once had
