Tuesday, April 9, 2013

A Grey Triolet


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When layers of grey define the day
and all around the clouds press down
I find myself in disarray.

When layers of grey define the day
My scattered thoughts float faraway
Upon a ship of thistledown.

Then layers of grey define the day
and all around the clouds press down.


Another Triolet (A-B-a-A-a-b-A-B) for dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night and Day #9 of  NaPoWriMo.  At the eleventh hour.  Again.  

23 comments:

  1. i feel you...the grey broke here this week...thank goodness...been nice...was 86 and sunny today...it feels so good on the skin...mm hmm...nice form mary

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    1. Thanks Brain! You are so ever-present on the blogs! I have to wonder if you ever sleep! But I sure appreciate it.

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  2. You followed form so nicely. I live in the desert, so rarely experience gray days. For me, the novelty would delight.

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  3. I love this form ... you aced the challenge!!

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  4. This is almost a song. Love the rhythm. :)

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  5. I want to try one of these poems now! I love the use of imagery and rhyme.

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    1. I posted a link to this poem on my blog today. I hope that is okay with you. Let me know if I need to take it down. Thanks.

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    2. Heidi I just read your poem and IT ROCKS! Thanks for linking me, of course I don't mind! :o) This is a really fun form, I think. I know it can get too sing-song, but the repetition (to me) adds depth and weight to the lines. I'm glad you like it too.

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  6. A real little pearl of a poem. I agree that it is almost a song. Lovely.

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  7. From the grey arrives the sunny day.

    nice melancholy

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  8. Love this, Mary, especially S3
    "My scattered thoughts float faraway
    Upon a ship of thistledown."
    Another beautiful triolet, my friend!

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  9. really like this triolet..grey days do press down, don't they?...and our thoughts are scattered to distract us...I'm trying to think of the layers
    as hovering and blue sky just a wind storm away ;_)

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  10. Form and photo match well with this grey poem
    I, though, love grey skies and winter.
    Well crafted grayolet!

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  11. How many Shades of Gray are we talking about here?

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  12. When the grey hovers about is a pain and can make one pout

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  13. Wonderful triolet and have to admit you garnered some great comments, too...Sabio's grayolet and shades of gray!

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  14. I love this! It's such a great form, and you really do it justice.

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  15. Just the right amount of melancholy to capture the blues of a gray day. Nice.

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  16. Nice capture of the feeling associated with the heaviness of a grim, gray day.

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  17. Thank you all! I've commented on your blogs as well.

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  18. Stunning triolet, Sis. This is one of my favorite forms to write and I know the difficulty of blending the repeating lines into the poem. You have done so expertly.

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  19. Thank you everyone. I appreciate your comments.

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