Write More Villanelles
A free resource for educators, writers, and anyone interested in the villanelle!
Villanelle Vids
Enjoy!
Maureen Seaton's
"Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead" read by Nicole Tallman.
Porsha Olayiwola's "Twerk Villanelle" read by Kerry Trautman.
Denise Duhamel's "Villainous Villanelle" read by Kelsey Stancliffe.
Kimiko Hahn's "Villanelle with a Line Borrowed from Bishop" read by Jessica Q. Stark.
Tim Seibles's "Zombie Blues Villanelle" read by Jessica Walsh.
Rosa Sophia Godshall's "Villanelle at 37" read by Dustin Brookshire.
Interviews
An interview with Tim Seibles:
An interview with Denise Duhamel:
Templates
Dustin Brookshire (he/him) is the recipient of the 2024 Jon Tribble Editors Fellowship and the author of four chapbooks: Repeat As Needed (Harbor Editions, 2025), Never Picked First For Playtime (Harbor Editions, 2023), Love Most Of You Too (Harbor Editions, 2021), and To The One Who Raped Me (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2012). He is a co-editor of Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology (Madville Publishing, 2023) and editor of When I Was Straight: A Tribute to Maureen Seaton (Harbor Editions, 2024). His poetry has been published in or is forthcoming in Five Points, South Carolina Review, Pleiades, Best American Poetry Blog, Verse Daily, and other journals. Additionally, his work has been featured on NPR and other radio stations, in Georgia Poetry in the Parks, and earned Pushcart and Best of the Net nominations.
Dustin's literary citizenship including curating the Zoom-based Wild & Precious Life Series and serving as Punch Bucket Lit's Director of Virtual Programs, and founding the Maureen Seaton Poetry Prize through South Florida Poetry Journal as well as the Gylys Villanelle Prize through Poetry by the Sea.
He received a BS in Public Policy from Georgia State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Converse University.
About the Curator
Get in Touch
Dustin is available for workshops, lectures, & readings.