Awesome poem James! There's a lot of great elements I could point out but the line in the first stanza "A wizard works his final spell" juxtaposed to the final stanza "Where wonder is at last dispelled" created a nice full circle moment with its common alliterative, rhyming and thematic elements. Very nice. 👌
Thanks very much, Thomas. As you know, villanelles can be quite tricky. I had to sit with this one awhile to hammer out some of the lines. Quite glad you enjoyed it.
That was right up my fantasy Alley, James. I listened to your reading, which was so effective, and then read the poem to take it in deeper. It's a magical moment that made me start to write a story about what happened BEFORE. Maybe, sometime, you'll be in the mood to tell us that.
Thanks so much, Sandy! Execution always falls short of course, but I did have a fairly clear visual of the story in this one. It may indeed be something I could revisit later. Would certainly be fun!
Loved this James! Also, just finished watching The Lord of The Rings trilogy with my ten year old son, he loved it. But got be to thinking about Wizards again 😁
Hahah awesome! Have you done The Hobbit with him at all? We're trying to read the book to our daughter, but she's still a tad young for it yet. (The trolls were definitely an issue.)
Villanelles can be magical when they are done well, and 'The Last Wizard' is a fine example of how to do it. Nice work, James, and great audio also!
That’s very kind of you to say, Martin, thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
This is so cool!!
Magical!! (Duh!😆)
A great poem!!✨
Hahah well thanks though, that's very much appreciated!
"wizard" say no more.
I really love this. I'm romancing a wizard in baldur's gate right now and this makes me sad hahaha.
hahah gotta just keep castin' spells then!
I tend to always roll sorcerers for some reason
Haha gotta keep the magic going!
Awesome poem James! There's a lot of great elements I could point out but the line in the first stanza "A wizard works his final spell" juxtaposed to the final stanza "Where wonder is at last dispelled" created a nice full circle moment with its common alliterative, rhyming and thematic elements. Very nice. 👌
Thanks very much, Thomas. As you know, villanelles can be quite tricky. I had to sit with this one awhile to hammer out some of the lines. Quite glad you enjoyed it.
That was right up my fantasy Alley, James. I listened to your reading, which was so effective, and then read the poem to take it in deeper. It's a magical moment that made me start to write a story about what happened BEFORE. Maybe, sometime, you'll be in the mood to tell us that.
Thanks so much, Sandy! Execution always falls short of course, but I did have a fairly clear visual of the story in this one. It may indeed be something I could revisit later. Would certainly be fun!
So cool, James. Reminds me a bit of the old sci-fi/fantasy book The Magic Goes Away by Larry Niven.
And great audio production as always. Keep it up!
Larry Niven's great. Any loose association I may have with his stories is a high compliment indeed! Thanks a lot, man.
Loved this James! Also, just finished watching The Lord of The Rings trilogy with my ten year old son, he loved it. But got be to thinking about Wizards again 😁
I just love The Lord of the Rings trilogy. I think I'll go back and re-watch it also.
Hahah awesome! Have you done The Hobbit with him at all? We're trying to read the book to our daughter, but she's still a tad young for it yet. (The trolls were definitely an issue.)
you had me at "wizard"
Hahah solid. 🤙