posting poetic prose
21 Mar 2023 Leave a comment
in triolet Tags: agua, iguana, Nicaragua, paradise, travel
life may seem perfect in paradise
but don’t drink the agua in managua
when you travel abroad, cheles, be wise
life may seem perfect in paradise
both piety and poverty wear a disguise
tourist trap market maze sells smells of iguana
life may seem perfect in paradise
but don’t drink the agua in managua
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“Agua” is water and “cheles” refers to light-skinned people. A triolet is a poem with 8 lines and ABaAabAB rhyme/repeat scheme.
26 Oct 2018 12 Comments
in rhyming verse, triolet Tags: cow, dew, fog, leaves, mist, pumpkins, scarlet
A triolet is a French form of 8 lines with ABaAabAB repetition…for dVerse MTB
wet scarlet leaves carpet cold ground
embraced with dew and kissed by mist
hidden in fog, pumpkins lie ’round
wet scarlet leaves carpet cold ground
ghost cows graze cornfield, make no sound
where earth meets sky in phantom tryst
wet scarlet leaves carpet cold ground
embraced with dew and kissed by mist
30 Apr 2018 6 Comments
in rhyming verse, triolet Tags: bees, birds, dig, dirt, earthworms, garden, spring
it’s spring! i need to dig in dirt
worm’s work brings happiness
while birds and bees MAY flirt
oh spring! i need to dig in dirt
even if knees might hurt and
fingernails witness a mess
let’s sing! i need to dig in dirt
worm’s work brings happiness
Yes, I like to dig in the dirt. Worms make me happy because they enrich the soil. Everyone should have a little plot of land or a pot of dirt to dig in. Gardening is an elemental activity, part of our DNA code; our calling to work the ground and take care of the earth. Photo taken by me with one hand, holding favorite garden trowel with other 🙂
23 Apr 2018 2 Comments
in triolet, worship Tags: air, bless, creatures, earth, life, soil, water
Psalm 104 is a poem that celebrates creation! I write a humble triolet for earth day. Okay, I’m a day late but to a farmer every day is earth day, right?!
bless the Lord who forms the earth
he calls us to be caretakers
let creatures thrive, let life give birth
bless the Lord who forms the earth
air, water, soils of priceless worth
forgive us wasteful mess makers
bless the Lord who forms the earth
he calls us to be caretakers
free image – liturgy website
04 Mar 2018 6 Comments
in triolet Tags: battle, snowman, spring, winter, zephyr
scent of spring rides zephyr
snowman has fallen
battle of seasons
scent of spring rides zephyr
sleet dissolves to rain
winter’s last stand
scent of spring rides zephyr
snowman has fallen
A triolet for Weekend Writing Prompt, “fallen”. A triolet consists of 8 lines. Lines1,4 and 7 are the same line repeated. So are lines 2 and 8.
16 Apr 2015 17 Comments
in triolet Tags: city, claim, crow, murder, snow
“I now claim this city as mine,” triumphs Snow,
chilling stones of old buildings and streets.
“All seasons belong to me,” caws the Crow.
“I’ve staked claim to this city as mine,” warns Snow.
“My brothers and I’ll push you out!” threatens Crow,
from dead tree where plotting crows’ murder meets.
“I will leave this city behind,” murmurs Snow,
dying pack on stone buildings and streets.
NOTES:
A fable fit loosely in triolet form... and loosely fits Anna's "diction"
prompt at d'Verse poetics.
I like the "sound" of Caesar's Latin for the title and find"murder" of crows intriguing.
Also incorporated "brothers" idea from earlier prompt.
photos by lynn, Jerusalem 2015
a poem in my pocket 
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