Villanelle Contest

In honor of our villanelle contest, I have composed my own villanelle for the occasion:
The villanelle is here to stay.
No matter how the critics taunt it
All other forms will fade away.
Even though I’ve heard my friends like donkeys bray
That every good poem is also a sonnet,
The villanelle is here to stay.
I try and try to [...]

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Welcome!

I’m glad you’re here.  This is the brand new companion blog to Trellis Magazine.  One of our goals at Trellis is to make the process of submitting to the magazine as easy and transparent as possible.  I’ll be posting updates about contests, submissions information, news, interesting poetry facts and of course, poetry!  Blogging is new [...]

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