Sunday Mornings

May 18, 2008 at 10:21 am · Filed under Art, Humanity, Love, Mental Stress, Observations, Original Stuff, Poetry, Spirituality and tagged: breezy, Easy, lazy, life, Summer, Sunday, Sunday Mornings, Totally Optional Prompt, Triolet

Sunday Mornings Remind Me . . . A Triolet

Sunday mornings remind me

of days gone by when life was oh so free;

of birds singing melodies in lazy trees

     Sunday mornings remind me

of spring rains and summer breezes

Winter’s first fallen snow; Autumn’s falling leaves

     Sunday mornings remind me . . .

of tranquilities–Life’s intended easiness

~By CordieB.

This poem was written as a reply to Totally Optional Prompts , a totally optional poetry prompting blog.  This week’s ”prompt” is entitled Prompt: Triolet .   

From Totally Optional Prompts . . .

So what exactly is a triolet? Here are the rules, according Poets.org.

The attraction of the triolet is that it’s short: there are only eight lines total, and five unique lines. But the essence of the triolet is not only repetition, but surprise in repetition. The challenge is to make the repeat lines mean different things, instead of simply repeating them.

You can change the relationship of the words in the repeat lines to the lines before and after, by manipulating the punctuation. Also, as with other repetitive forms such as villanelles and sestinas, modern poetic conventions allow the repeat lines to vary a little. Of course, if you let them vary too much, you lose the impact.

Read some fine example triolets

 

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Peace, Light and Love, CordieB.

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15 Comments

• At 2008.05.18 21:15, jan said:
  

  this is just beautiful! great job on the triolet! thanks also, for visiting my blog!

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• At 2008.05.19 10:06, cordieb said:
  

  Thanks Jan. It was a pleasure visiting your site.! I felt right at home. Peace, Light and Love, CordieB.

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• At 2008.05.19 11:41, CuriousC said:
  

  I like the word ‘triolet’.

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• At 2008.05.19 12:28, cordieb said:
  

  @CuriousC. It is kind of melodic, isn’t it. I like it too!

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• At 2008.05.19 12:47, johnnypeepers said:
  

  I like the word triolet too. At first I thought it was a three bowled toilet. New words are cool.

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• At 2008.05.19 14:29, cordieb said:
  

  @Peeps. ROFL – thanks for the belly laugh – I better hurry to the triolet before I pee pee on myself. . . As always, Peace, Light and Love, brother – CordieB.

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• At 2008.05.20 05:08, brightlightwarriornika said:
  

  Hey Cordie,

  here is the link to the blog love vs religion
  http://nikabrightlightwarrior.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/love-vs-religion/

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• At 2008.05.21 22:56, cordieb said:
  

  @Brightlightwarriornika, THANK YOU! Peace, Light and Love, CordieB.

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• At 2008.05.22 19:48, stan said:
  

  Very relaxing. I’m waiting for sunday, now.

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• At 2008.05.22 21:41, Rob Kistner said:
  

  I really enjoyed this — and I love Sunday mornings. When I was young and single, Sunday mornings were spent lazily in bed, curled with my lover, listening to music — until we sauntered off the a brunch somewhere. Oh the passion of youth!

  Now they’re spent with the woman, who is the love of my life… for certain — Sunday mornings are wonderful!

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• At 2008.05.22 23:08, cordieb said:
  

  @Stan. {{{hugs}}} I’m awaiting Sunday Morning too. Love those Sunday Mornings. . .Blessings to you and yours. . .

  @Rob Kistner – {{{hugs}}} You’re a blessed man; and even more so for realizing it! Peace, Light and Love to you and yours.. . . CordieB.

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• At 2008.05.23 05:01, Crafty Green Poet said:
  

  I like the ‘lazy trees’ – nice phrase

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• At 2008.05.23 12:48, annie said:
  

  Feels very comforting. I like this.

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• At 2008.05.24 19:19, Linda Jacobs said:
  

  I love Sunday mornings and you captured the feeling perfectly here!

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• At 2008.05.24 21:02, cordieb said:
  

  @Crafty Green Poet. Thanks for dropping by. – Love your blog!

  @Annie – Thanks Annie. Blessings to you and yours. Your blog post today lifted my spirits. Thank for the inspiration! Peace, Light and Love to you and yours. . . CordieB.

  @ Linda Jacobs. Thanks Linda. Sundays are so beautiful – God knew the plan when he made it special. Peace, Light and Love to you and yours, CordieB.

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