Cookies (Villanelle)

[astroannie]

My cookies have gone missing and I don't know where they are
I planned to give them to my friends as symbols of good cheer
A dozen monster cookies, each one shaped into a star

The finest of the recipes in my small repertoire
This was to be the final batch that I baked up this year
My cookies have gone missing and I don't know where they are

I left them in the pantry, they were too big for the jar
I set them on the bottom shelf next to my husband's beer
A dozen monster cookies, each one shaped into a star

Whichever person took them, left the pantry door ajar
It isn't like my homemade goods routinely disappear
My cookies have gone missing and I don't know where they are

I find the circumstances are a little bit bizarre
I guess I need to bake some more before my friends get here
A dozen monster cookies, each one shaped into a star

I found crumbs in the driveway where my husband parks his car
If it turns out he took them, I will kick him in the rear
My cookies have gone missing and I don't know where they are
A dozen monster cookies, each one shaped into a star

[Artemis]

Annie congratulations on winning the competition, great challenge piece which is so hard to write in this form, loved it, Kerry xx

[Harklight]

Congratulations Annie!! A deserving winner: posting a villanelle in the Bi-annual competition is admirable and appreciated. Shelving cookies next to beer invites trouble: your husband probably enjoyed the day less with his sore rear. Good writing. H x

[NewMan™]

hey, I have an alibi *munches on cookie* I was busy reading poems when those monster cookies went missing..

I would ask your husband again..

Brilliant, I love cookie poems

~ Daniel