Tag: triolet

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

fading memories

Tina Stewart Brakebill

as our memories fade away 

misty behind a shadowed veil           

the jagged edges dulled with fray     

as our memories fade away                             

 

ego and shame stop holding sway                                                                 

the once vibrant shades turn to pale                                   

as our memories fade away                 

misty behind a shadowed veil                       

Image credit; Mohsen Karimi @ Unsplash

Inspired by WDYS’s photo prompt and my own fading memories 😉 

What do you see # 316- 24 November, 2025

I played around with a couple of different styles, but I felt it worked best with the Triolet, which is an 8-line poem where lines repeat in rhythm:

Lines 1, 4, and 7 are the same, and lines 2 and 8 are also repeated.

The rhyme scheme looks like this: ABaAabAB (uppercase = repeated lines).

If you’d like to make it a little trickier, try writing each line with 8 syllables (iambic tetrameter, the classic French style) — or challenge yourself with 10 syllables per line (the English version). I chose the 8-syllable version today.

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

what if

Tina Stewart Brakebill

what if magic is the true key

not illogical or absurd

but the spell that sets us all free

 

what if magic is the true key

where you and I awoke as we

ideas shared with a secret word

not illogical or absurd

 

what if magic is the true key

Photo by u5927 u8463 on Pexels.com

 Inspired by many things including the RDP prompt (ABSURD) and the call to visualize joy, for which I chose the Seasons of Enchantment card. It brought to mind my happy place: a magical world where joy abounds.

TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 38, Visualize Your Joy, 11/11/25
RDP Tuesday! Absurd!

Plus, I’m still having fun with the Triolet, which is an 8-line poem where lines repeat in a beautiful rhythm:

Lines 1, 4, and 7 are the same, and lines 2 and 8 are also repeated.

The rhyme scheme looks like this: ABaAabAB (uppercase = repeated lines).

If you’d like to make it a little trickier, try writing each line with 8 syllables (iambic tetrameter, the classic French style) — or challenge yourself with 10 syllables per line (the English version). I chose the 8-syllable version tonight.

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

under the night sky I waver

Tina Stewart Brakebill

under the night sky I waver

as moonbeams penetrate my shroud

baring that fateful palaver

under the night sky I waver

 wishing I had once been braver

but the die was cast as I bowed

 under the night sky I waver

as moonbeams penetrate my shroud

Photo by Kristina Nor on Pexels.com

 

Today, Reena asks us to consider: THE MASKS WE FORGOT TO REMOVE

Let your protagonist (fictional or real) explore the following aspects.

  • Has it become too comfortable?
  • Concealing an unpalatable truth
  • Being haunted by their own disguise
  • The silence after the revelry when real selves do not return

 The RD Prompt (WAVER) seemed to fit into my thoughts as I played around with the idea of the consequences of decisions contrary to your true self. At least I think that may be what I was going for. It took its own course-as words sometimes do.  

Plus, I’m clearly obsessed with the Triolet this week.

A Triolet is an 8-line poem where lines repeat in a beautiful rhythm:

Lines 1, 4, and 7 are the same, and lines 2 and 8 are also repeated.

The rhyme scheme looks like this: ABaAabAB (uppercase = repeated lines).

If you’d like to make it a little trickier, try writing each line with 8 syllables (iambic tetrameter, the classic French style) — or challenge yourself with 10 syllables per line (the English version). [I did 8-syllables today.]  

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #406
RDP Thursday : Waver
Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

I Still Miss You

Tina Stewart Brakebill

I see your face in the morning shadows

your lost voice echoing in the abyss

the memory sharp like a bramble rose

I see your face in the morning shadows

 

autumn’s gold curves in its final death throes

as fate and the future meet in a kiss  

I see your face in the morning shadows

your lost voice echoing in the abyss

Image credit; Adam Bixby @ Unsplash

Both the image and the prompt word (MISS) inspired the same feeling in me: a sense of loss. So, sorry for the melancholy, but I did enjoy the process! Thanks to the following: 

What do you see # 313- 3rd November’ 25
Today’s Prompt: Miss

Having fun with the Triolet this week. According to

https://bysarahwhiley.wordpress.com/

A Triolet is an 8-line poem where lines repeat in a beautiful rhythm:

Lines 1, 4, and 7 are the same, and lines 2 and 8 are also repeated.

The rhyme scheme looks like this: ABaAabAB (uppercase = repeated lines).

If you’d like to make it a little trickier, try writing each line with 8 syllables (iambic tetrameter, the classic French style) — or challenge yourself with 10 syllables per line (the English version). [I did 10-syllables today.]  

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

we are the ones

Tina Stewart Brakebill

we are the ones that dwell within

watching and waiting for the end

in the dark we witness your sin

 

we are the ones that dwell within

that burn you feel under your skin

the edge of madness at the bend 

 

we are the ones that dwell within

watching and waiting for the end

Photo by Zachary DeBottis on Pexels.com

 

I enjoyed creating a triolet earlier this week for the w3 prompt, so I did it again. But this time I went with the 8-syllable version and leaned into the SPOOKY. Thanks for the added inspiration to Esther (EDGE) and dVerse poets (we are the ones that dwell within). See below for info on Triolets.

Word Prompts
Poetics: It’s Not That Scary

According to Sarah Whiley … 

A Triolet is an 8-line poem where lines repeat in a beautiful rhythm:

Lines 1, 4, and 7 are the same, and lines 2 and 8 are also repeated.

The rhyme scheme looks like this: ABaAabAB (uppercase = repeated lines).

If you’d like to make it a little trickier, try writing each line with 8 syllables (iambic tetrameter, the classic French style) — or challenge yourself with 10 syllables per line (the English version).