I'm glad you had fun writing this, as I'm always amazed when someone writes
one of these!  I've tried a few triolets; they're similar to pantoums,
right?  Could you send me the guidelines off-list?  I'd really appreciate
it!
Terrie
P.S. wonderfully sinister.  Harmony has a way of doing that, doesn't it?

> Hi Folks,
>
> Here's a fun exercise I've been toying with - the key word here being
> "fun." I call this a Triple Triolet w/Tercet and it's kind-of
> Halloweenish.
> The nitty-gritty: 3 triolets concluding with a tercet which repeats the
> 5th line of each previous triolet.
>
> I know a lot of you don't care for rhymed/repetitious poetry, but I like
> to fool around with stuff like this...as I said, for the fun of it. C&C
> appreciated as always.
>
> ~*~
>
> Resurrection
> (A Tri-Triolet w/tercet)
>
>
> Autumn arrives on a copper clad cloud,
> whispers secrets under the door.
> There are no phone calls, nor letters allowed.
> Autumn comes swift on a copperhead cloud,
> its long-necked back gracefully bowed
> slips quietly over the floor.
> Autumn arrives on a copper-eyed cloud,
> whispers secrets under the door.
>
> No one is home. A loose shudder bangs
> and silky webbed windows shine blind.
> Leaves clutter the porch where an old swing hangs.
> No one is here and the black shudder bangs.
> Broken glass beckons and sharpens its fangs.
> A mattress that rodents will find.
> Nobody's home so the shudder still bangs,
> the spider-webbed windows are blind.
>
> The attic is waiting in patient gray gloom,
> aware that the time's drawing near;
> a couple will come, a bride and bridegroom.
> The attic is waiting in thick, dusty gloom
> intent on renewal; a womb from a tomb,
> resurrection of shadow and fear.
> The attic keeps waiting in silent dark gloom
> and knows that the time's drawing near.
>
> Its long-necked back gracefully bows,
> broken glass beckons; sharpens its fangs,
> intent on renewal - a womb from a tomb.
>
> ~*~
>
> Cheerwell, Mary :O)
>
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