tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post762174405871956123..comments2023-12-24T18:38:29.947-08:00Comments on Writing Down the Words: A TrioletPaulinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-84283334464551351832011-02-07T03:49:05.961-08:002011-02-07T03:49:05.961-08:00P. Beautiful. I shall try it out now too.P. Beautiful. I shall try it out now too.herhimnbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182397064631016552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-20540206322325534542011-02-07T03:36:22.002-08:002011-02-07T03:36:22.002-08:00Reya - the challenge of following the rules is the...Reya - the challenge of following the rules is the fun part!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-6976672056900749912011-02-06T17:35:42.969-08:002011-02-06T17:35:42.969-08:00Is it really fun to compose? All those rules frigh...Is it really fun to compose? All those rules frighten me.<br /><br />A great poem, though. Wow.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-23665597881543687362011-02-06T07:58:30.243-08:002011-02-06T07:58:30.243-08:00Lime - I guess even if you stand in one place for ...Lime - I guess even if you stand in one place for a hundred years, you learn things...<br /><br />deb - I like that comment :)<br /><br />BB - I wonder if trees find it difficult?<br /><br />Thanks, JJ!<br /><br />Marion - never see yourself solely through someone else's eyes!<br /><br />Thanks Berowne - it was an interesting challenge<br /><br />me, too Ruth!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-83697541595252671332011-02-06T02:59:51.475-08:002011-02-06T02:59:51.475-08:00The form is new for me too (and so is "wern&q...The form is new for me too (and so is "wern" - how cool to have something so old be new). I like it, the way I like a villanelle, for how the lines that are echoed reinforce a beautiful aspect of the poem. Lovely.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-64416106540142402262011-02-05T11:14:04.786-08:002011-02-05T11:14:04.786-08:00It's not just your rhyming scheme; it's in...It's not just your rhyming scheme; it's in iambic pentameter too. Congratulations. :-)Berownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09524661173663604641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-66333720918201052192011-02-05T07:32:24.081-08:002011-02-05T07:32:24.081-08:00I remember being taught about rhyme and rhythm in ...I remember being taught about rhyme and rhythm in elementary school and I once loved to write these one stanza poems. But along the way somewhere, someone made fun of my poetry and you know where that can lead. Any poetry I write now comes out stilted and false.<br /><br />I can imagine this tree and river so well!Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00607220451457829777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-61828565599587450482011-02-04T17:50:13.972-08:002011-02-04T17:50:13.972-08:00What a wonderful mental picture I have. Nice job....What a wonderful mental picture I have. Nice job.<br />Have a great weekend, jjJoanna Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10836376588710862173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-87527664683581118562011-02-04T06:49:29.052-08:002011-02-04T06:49:29.052-08:00It just struck me how difficult it would be to be ...It just struck me how difficult it would be to be a tree without the possibility of following up on anything that moves away. Imagine hundreds of years in one place!Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356998698106275372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-3163087811276738802011-02-04T06:18:08.728-08:002011-02-04T06:18:08.728-08:00It reads light
and not.
I like it.It reads light<br />and not.<br />I like it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924061349390319473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-85197708902196788062011-02-04T05:05:05.628-08:002011-02-04T05:05:05.628-08:00ah, the lesson of the tree: we only learn what'...ah, the lesson of the tree: we only learn what's round the bend if we dare to wander. nicely done.<br /><br />thanks for stopping by my place after POTW. :)limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-30994701742526832882011-02-04T03:40:12.536-08:002011-02-04T03:40:12.536-08:00Molly - it's never too late to start ;)
Thank...Molly - it's never too late to start ;)<br /><br />Thanks, Brian M<br /><br />Brain H - you won't regret it ;)<br /><br />Meggie - it's a beautiful spot by the river to sit and talk with the trees<br /><br />Steven - I think Chaucer may have been the last person to use wern!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-33252839140049162472011-02-04T03:31:05.306-08:002011-02-04T03:31:05.306-08:00pauline - this is a new form to me and on monday, ...pauline - this is a new form to me and on monday, it'll be a new form to my class! this is a lovely rendering of a walk. i love the old words like wend, "wern" is another that loves to hold hands with the word wend. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-9501425383522185892011-02-04T02:25:37.613-08:002011-02-04T02:25:37.613-08:00Ah, the image that is conjured up.
I enjoy this.Ah, the image that is conjured up.<br />I enjoy this.Meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074676856646898900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-52380777596158888992011-02-03T20:26:51.378-08:002011-02-03T20:26:51.378-08:00A bend along a wend?
Wonderful. I think I'll ...A bend along a wend? <br />Wonderful. I think I'll try that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-72227309456513279362011-02-03T19:29:53.914-08:002011-02-03T19:29:53.914-08:00an interesting form...you pull it off well...like ...an interesting form...you pull it off well...like watching the river bend....Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-89267804614606840942011-02-03T18:52:43.620-08:002011-02-03T18:52:43.620-08:00That is just lovely! I remember teachers trying to...That is just lovely! I remember teachers trying to drum all that ab, aa,ab,ab stuff into my head. I resisted strenuously. Now I wish I'd made more of an effort.....mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797484583400519909noreply@blogger.com