A Northern Villanelle by Frank Colley, Northern College

A college for students of all ages.

In the countryside in a big old house.

Just do your work and hand in the pages.

Within a week you will notice the changes.

Away from it all, especially your spouse.

A college for students of all ages.

There is a gun room full of twelve gages.

But they are only used for shooting grouse.

Just do your work and hand in the pages.

The dining room ceiling was painted in stages.

You can imagine the cherubs dancing to Strauss.

A college for students of all ages.

Multiple levelled with many staircases.

Ups and downs of every life and the here and now’s.

Just do your work and hand in the pages.

Come on in, don’t be a louse.

Come in and learn, but don’t be a mouse.

A college for students of all ages.

Just do your work and hand in the pages.