Fine precious pearl, a gift divineyou’ve crushed like dirt beneath your boot;Stole innocence, oft’ hidden crime on precious pearl, a gift divine. You’re fouler than leaked toxic slime,forgot, remembered in the booksby precious pearl, a gift divine,now dust like dirt ‘neath heaven’s boot. Then comes a whirling in the airthat gathers sparkles from the dirt.Sweet…
Category: triolet
Muse and Angel Triolet
Muse and Angel Triolet When wings of muse and angel weave with heaven’s breeze a spirit chimes rose-scented wafts, immersed relief When wings of muse and angel weave They somersault and skirt the trees They flutter soft with dreams and rhymes When wings of muse and angel weave with heaven’s breeze a spirit chimes…
dVerse — Visions of Pangaea
In the year of perfect vision We went blind with hysteria Isolates of touch’ rescission In the year of perfect vision Find a cure became our mission In a lab in Tanzania In the year of perfect vision Plates shift back – now saved Pangaea Note: in plate tectonic theory, Pangaea is a hypothetical…
#MM Saturday Mix — Coronavirus: king of the zoo
The classroom is a zoo. We’re caged within its reach. Worldwide it spreads its goo. The classroom is a zoo. It threatens me and you. Grim lesson does it teach. The classroom is a zoo. We’re caged within its reach. My offering today is a triolet form poem. Sarah is the host of Mindlovemisery’s…
What do you see # 19 — To cross a bridge…
To cross a bridge from light to dark Can mean so many different things From sure to doubt, from lush to stark To cross a bridge from light to dark May sell your soul to make your mark Or face your fears in listened dreams To cross a bridge from light to dark Can mean…
dVerse — almost a Triolet — The greys and whites of March
The greys and whites of March do cling Where sun’s recede has clouds in fief So jealous of the green of Spring The greys and whites of March do cling Despite wheel’s might of change to bring Where heat and hue will sing relief The greys and whites of March still cling The sun recedes…
What do you see? #1 — She Soars
For long she swam in pools of jade But now her wings soar lilac skies Twixt earth and sky in orange brocade For long she swam in pools of jade In shadows waits; she’s heaven-made Transform from sleep! Awake! Arise! For long she swam in pools of jade But now her wings soar lilac skies!…
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