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I Learned to Lie by Listening to Clocks (villanelle)

A villanelle exploring the relationship between time and perception.

status: Finished
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certainty: certain
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importance: 5/10
PoetryVillanelleTime
Filed under: Verse

Opening Remarks

This villanelle is one of my first attempts at writing a villanelle since highschool. It is inspired by the idea of time, and the way humans fundamentally perceive it. People overestimate what they can do in a day, and underestimate what they can do in a year.

Opening Line

To start our iambic flow, I chose the line "I learned to lie by listening to clocks".

I learned to lie by listening to clocks

Ideation

Citation

Cited as:

Yotam, Kris. (Jul 2025). I Learned to Lie by Listening to Clocks (villanelle). krisyotam.com. https://krisyotam.com/blog/verse/i-learned-to-lie-by-listening-to-clocks-villanelle

Or

@article{yotam2025i-learned-to-lie-by-listening-to-clocks-villanelle,
  title   = "I Learned to Lie by Listening to Clocks (villanelle)",
  author  = "Yotam, Kris",
  journal = "krisyotam.com",
  year    = "2025",
  month   = "Jul",
  url     = "https://krisyotam.com/blog/verse/i-learned-to-lie-by-listening-to-clocks-villanelle"
}