Triolets to Spring

Just loved this one I do hope that the Triolet's are correct I will put on a Blog as to the Greek connection it is lovely to be able to find information at the touch of a button.
I am glad that you have the patience to write in correct form, Yours Ian.T

How we dance in the flowers
as if we were fairies of old
with spells cast out
throughout the year
to catch the shadows
throw the heat away
and breathe the breath
of a new day.

Not a poem but the atmosphere you spread with this
invites a little dance. Persephone and Demeter
such legends that as a child I heard with wide open eyes,
not believing and yet wishing so much to do so.

annanya

I am not acquainted with triolets, but I looked them up. (I like learning something new everyday) In your title, "Triolets To Spring" would it make morsense to say; "Triolets To The Seasons" as you have included all four?

I'm familiar with the story in Greek Mythology, of the abduction of Persephone, Demeter's daughter, by Hades, king of the underworld. If I recall, the ingestion of pomegranite seeds was the determination of the time period spent in each world, above and below. Demeter's sorrow at being deprived of her daughter's company was the cause of Fall and Winter. Her return to the above lands heralded Spring and Summer.

I very much like this write, as it brings to me my time reading and studying Mythology. My favorite lines are:

in winter

I reminisce before the fire
its golden tones reflect your glow
awakening a new desire
I reminisce before the fire
await your breath, its warmth required
to chase off winter's bleak shadow
I reminisce before the fire
its golden tones reflect your glow

always, Cat

p.s.
I agree with Lonnie

it's very seductive, isn't it! I guess it's inevitable with such a strict rhyming scheme that you would end up with a few mis-stressed rhymes like

I know
sorrow

and

you back
lilac

a mere quibble.

Immensely successful poetry at every level.