A Roman Sentry's Friday Duty Comments

My favorite Villanelle of all time! I can see the soldier pacing angrily stuck with boring duty out in the sticks.

Original published in Romantics Quarterly, Volume III, Issue II, pg 13.

This is indeed a villanelle worthy of the name. You have my admiration for a very fine penning. Warm regards, Sandra

It takes great skill to write a villanelle and you have done so admirably in this excellent poem. This form and content are superb. 'A soldier's worst is not the copper pay' - so simple and so worthy of repetition as is 'I'd bribe a Centurian to leave today' History and humanity woven with great skill into a fine poetic fabric. love, Allie ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

This is, just flat out, a wonderful poem, full, not of the brave valor of a warrior, but the mundane, day-to-day life of soldiering! I thoroughly enjoyed it.