Lullaby in a Minor Key

Sing a song of lamentation,

disillusioned lullaby,

sowing seeds of hesitation.  

Sing a song of lamentation,

for a lonely generation

whose dreams are merely single-ply.

Sing a song of lamentation,

disillusioned lullaby.


This form is called a Triolet which is eight lines with a rhyme scheme of ABaAabAB.  The meter is generally iambic tetrameter or pentameter, but I've played a bit fast and loose with this.  This is for day #2 of NaPoWriMo and is linked to dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night.

dVerse Poets

grey skies

threaten to fall

so heavy with regret,

dark clouds seeded with betrayal

rain stinging, bitterness

soaking through to

the bone


Image: flickr, unknown photographer

Untitled

Today is dull grey, a day of unmaking –

unmade beds and unremembered dreams

unfinished poems, undelivered letters

untied knots and unraveled promises

The empty hours stretch before me

with so many words left unsaid,

so many acts of kindness left undone.

Today is dull grey, a day of unmaking


Image is from J-CIO on flickr