Simply beautiful – the repeating final line, and the poetic metre flow beautifully through this piece, and thats before I even get on to the grippingly awful sadness of the poor dancers tale.

Lovely, yet horrible!

OMG!?! So your soul is in your sole?

Anywho, I liked it. I liked it alot.

A true villanelle! Nicely done. :-)

Big crescendo at the end, like the red shoes.

beautiful villanelle .. well done