The Versesmith

Poets and Storytellers United Friday Writings #188  Rather than the optional prompt, I've gone with a triolet .   The summer days are long this year. Our garden planted dry as bone. With scorching sun, the skies are clear. The summer days are long, this year I miss you more than last, my dear. I tend our garden all alone. The summer days are long, this year our garden planted dry as bone. ©2025 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved  

 Today's NoPoWriMo (day 4) prompt was to write a Triolet, a form I'd never tried before.  The instructions sound harder than it really is!   A Triolet is an eight line poem, with eight syllables in each line.  The first two lines repeat as lines 7 and 8, and line 1 repeats as line 4.  So, there you have 5/8 of the lines already written!  Now come the rhymes.  Line 3 and 5 rhyme with line 1.  Line 6 rhymes with the second line.   It was easiest to write the first two lines, then type them out with lines 3, 5, and 6 blank.  Then, go back and write the rhyme those.  Here's what I did.  Winter holds on tight this April Refusing to cede to springtime 3 Winter holds on tight this April 5 6 Winter holds on tight this April Refusing to cede to springtime  My finished Triolet. Winter holds on tight this April, refusing to cede to springtime. The rime thick on the shady hill, winter holds on tight this April...