Francesca Badalamenti ’18 Published by Claremont Review

“Dangerous Habits” a villanelle by Francesca Badalamenti ’18 was published in Fall 2016 Volume 50 of the Claremont Review. Established in 1992, the Claremont Review has published work by artists and writers aged 13-19  from all over the English-speaking world.  A villanelle is a 19-line poem of fixed form, written in tercets, usually five in number,  followed by a final quatrain, all being based on two rhymes. Francesca’s one-act play “The Corn Maze” won the NJ Young Playwrights Competition. Her poetry has appeared in Black Fox Literary Magazine and elsewhere.  Enjoy this compelling poem by Francesca.