You look at me and I am lost,
lost in the labyrinth of your eyes.
Disheveled, stumbling, like I’m sauced
you look at me and I am lost;
I’m barefoot, standing in the frost,
your cougar instincts, my demise.
You look at me and I am lost,
lost in the labyrinth of your eyes.
Image by Sarolta Ban
The poetic form above is a triolet, which is is eight lines with only two rhymes used throughout. The first line is repeated in the fourth and seventh lines; the second line is repeated in the final line; and only the first two end-words are used to complete the tight rhyme scheme. Thus: ABaAabAB, where capital letters indicate repeated lines. Meter, is most commonly 8 beats per line.
So, again I started a Top 10 List of Silly or Inappropriate Responses which I will share with (or inflict on) you:
1. She's larger than life
2. Poor little man, he never stood a chance.
3. I can see right through you!
4. LIAR!
5. ‘Come into my parlor’, said the spider to the fly.
6. You've been a very. naughty. boy...
7. Oh oh, she’s giving me ‘the look’ again!
8. The 'EYES' have it.
9. Maybe it's Maybelline!
10. Don't shoot until you see the whites of her eyes.
Loved this Mary, I particularly like no. 9, she does look like an ad for eye products:)
ReplyDeleteThanks Brigid!
DeleteLOL I can see all those responses in her eyes
ReplyDeleteAlthough I would run for she looks like she would be delighted if someone dies.
Yes, that's a dangerous look!
Deletethe labyrinth of the eyes...i know that feeling and not a bad place to be lost...hers are big enough someone could certainly fall in and not find their way out for days...
ReplyDeletelol, yes...big labyrinth...tall hedges ;-)
DeleteLovely triolet, Mary... and thanks for the smiles w/ the top 10 list.
ReplyDeleteThank you Laurie. I go through something like that top 10 list with nearly even prompt, but I don't always post them. Glad you got a chuckle.
DeleteBut, oh...what a place to be lost!
ReplyDeleteI loved this!
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Thanks Mimi :o)
Deletevery nice triolet, Mary
ReplyDelete"Objects in Mirror are Larger Than They Appear"
Thanks Charlie, and hahaha - good one!
DeleteCool ! cougarish indeed- I like your take. thanks.
ReplyDeleteThank you Izzy!
Delete"Disheveled, tipsy, like I'm sauced"
ReplyDeleteHow poetic is that?!! Love it Mary, only you could come up with something so clever and make it work!!
lol, thanks Ginny. I wondered about using 'sauced'
DeleteI like this! And your list is very cute too. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Rosemary :o)
DeleteSo, what I want to know is: did you reject all 10 silly responses before you finally wrote that very appropriate poem?
ReplyDeleteWell done, Mary!
K
lol Kay - here is my secret...I thought of about 4 of the silly responses, plus a couple serious thoughts, then did the actual poem, and went back and added enough silly responses to make 10! lol, that's my method most weeks. :o)
DeleteVery good poem Mary, I dont know how (or why) you do all the defferent styles but you do them well. I pretty much stick with free form. Having tried the "form" poems I found I can do creadably well, I just don't like it.
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Funny thing, this week I used a form this week....
Thank you Wander. I find that I use a different process with the formal verse vs. free verse. And I think it's good to work all those different creative muscles. I end up surprising myself and being more creative when I have the boundaries of rhyme and meter to deal with.
DeleteThanks for the very nice complement and the follow!
DeleteVery nice, and the Top Ten list is hilarious... You also reminded me that I need to get on with a poetry form post for Jingle for this Thursday... *sigh* But I really enjoyed the read, and the form, and the top 10!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much CCChampagne!
DeleteThe triolet is one of my favourite forms and this one appears effortless (although I know it isn't). Love the rhyming of "sauced" with "lost". That's such a great word, "sauced"!
ReplyDeletelol, thanks Kat. As I mentioned on another comment, I wasn't sure if that was a good choice or not. Glad I went with it now.
DeleteThe triolet is one of my favourite forms and this one appears effortless (although I know it isn't). Love the rhyming of "sauced" with "lost". That's such a great word, "sauced"!
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DeleteVery clever, a joy to read and decipher, wonderful form! Poppy :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Poppy!
DeleteNumber 9 made me laugh - I thought the eyebrows had been penciled in oddly!
ReplyDeleteHeheh, thanks Jinksy!
DeleteI've never seen this form before. You did it well.
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Thanks Sue. If you are interested in formal verse google shadow poetry. It's a great site, with a section listing a large number of different forms and their requirements.
DeleteI LOVE the lilt and rhythm of your triolet. I love it.
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ReplyDeleteYou have used the triolet from beautifully in this poem.
ReplyDeleteCan I have some of No.6 please?
Thank you Doctor, and, lol I suspect Dr. FTSE has no shortage of #6.
DeleteA fine, fine poem. (I see you've chosen my silly line as the top one of your ten, but I think your number ten has it by light years - not that I ever would have dared to use it!!!)
ReplyDeleteThank you Dave. And, I do enjoy silly. ;-)
DeleteThe labrynth - where hidden dangers lurek - great analogy.
ReplyDeleteThank Nell.
DeleteThis one needs some music, Mary!
ReplyDeleteAh, thanks Tess :o)
DeleteWonderful triolet, Mary. These aren't easy to write with so many repeating lines but you made it smooth and wonderful. Bravo, Sister!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sis! xo
DeleteNicely done and crafted Mary! Liked the image and line that fit so well, "lost in the labyrinth of your eyes."
ReplyDeleteQuite enjoyed this presentation!
Roger ☺
Thank you Roger - I really appreciate all your encouragement.
DeleteThis is awesome, Mary !
ReplyDeletegreat poem, i love how you added the photo
ReplyDeleteHey, thanks Life in a Poem!
Deleteoh yes..there are eyes you could certainly fall in and get lost forever..and hers a big and beautifully mysterious enough...
ReplyDeleteexcellent job here, I like the form and the process-- I always appreciate that- lost in the labyrinth in your eyes- what a great line. Thanks
ReplyDeleteThank you Fred, I appreciate your comment!
DeleteNice triolet--I'm fond of them anyway, but this one catches a mournfulness in the sardonic tone as well--and I do love your attitude-laden replies to this rather over-dramatic shot. ;_)
ReplyDeleteThanks Joy! I usually have to go through some 'attitude' before I get to something more serious, lol.
DeleteNumber 2 is the story of my life! And Caddoc's! :)
ReplyDeleteHeheh - you guys rock!
DeleteMaybe one day he wont be a hoboe no more
ReplyDeleteMaybe! Thanks for reading!
DeleteTruly, honestly, I only just read your triolet for this Mag image.....and am amazed how we both saw him in the same light (maybe others did also...I am slowly making my way around to reading as many as I can). Anyway, I simply must follow someone who is this like-minded -- if only on one prompt!
ReplyDeleteLydia, thanks! I have been reading your's as well, an just started following you! lol, great minds, eh?
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