dVerse Poets – Almost a Triolet
Frank at dVerse has invited us to write a Triolet – eight lines, a rhyming pattern of abaaabab, similar word count to a Quadrille, so forty-four words.
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“Sometimes waiting makes the culmination that much sweeter.” Lynne Raye Harris
But Tonight
She rummaged her Trousseau,
no time like the present
to be wrapped in a bow,
desperately wanting to impress her beau
who she had kept in tow
because he was so magnificent,
just too long she’d kept it slow,
but tonight impassioned and recumbent.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
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I especially like these two lines:
“no time like the present
to be wrapped in a bow,”
I like how the waiting joins with the desire to impress.
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Yes, the anticipation is in the waiting, nicely put, thank you Frank.
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I adore it too, Paul! Very romantic too. Have a beautiful weekend. Michael
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You too Michael, and many thanks
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Thank you, Paul! Best wishes for the upcoming week! Michael
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Thank you, mine is looking very heavy, hope yours is a good one.
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Wish you all the best, Paul! Mine is a little bit easier, but i have to write some important letters, and hope the answers will come back asap. Its for getting a lot of money back, i lost 20 years in the past.
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Well, best wishes for success.
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🤸♀️
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Fantastic poem.
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Thank you so much, glad you liked it.
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lol ever the romantic, sw sweet 🙂
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Lol, incurable, thank you.
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Beautiful poem
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Many thanks for sharing that.
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Very nice work Paul.
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Thanks so much Dwight
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“impassioned and recumbent” and wearing a bow. it doesn’t get much better than that. Steamy with sauce that’s been marinating awhile 🙂
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I like your steamy sauce comment!
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🙂 thanks!
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🙂
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great work
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Many thanks 🙂
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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It’s all in the anticipation really.
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Ahh, Yes, the imagining, build-up and anticipation! Ha, Now I have Carly Simon’s song that is going to haunt me all day!! Thanks!! Great post, Paul!! Hope your weekend has going great!!
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Nothing like an earworm to inhabit the mind with a song 🙂 Thanks for those encouraging words Charles.
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Excellent response to the prompt! It’s tricky to follow a set rhyme scheme without it sounding forced–but you pulled it off admirably.
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Yes, I usually steer away from rhyme as it changes how I work, thank you for the encouraging words Liz.
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You’re welcome, Paul!
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She seems to be a lady who knows how to catch her beau,…
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I think he had no chance against her plan.
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Excellent ❤️
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Many thanks
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Wow that is amazing – very very clever
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