Global warming in a cold hearted world,
hate spewed forth vehemently through mistrust.
Marching for a cause with banners unfurled,
global warming in a cold hearted world.
Violent, ill-favored are the stones hurled,
heart aching I hang my head in disgust.
Global warming in a cold hearted world,
hate spewed forth vehemently through mistrust.
Hate spewed forth vehemently through mistrust,
suicide bombers kill the innocent.
Children are sent to fight these wars unjust,
hate spewed forth vehemently through mistrust.
Safe inside their shelters, the upper crust,
smile, mocking the bourgeois they circumvent.
Hate spewed forth vehemently through mistrust,
suicide bombers kill the innocent.
Suicide bombers kill the innocent,
as society grows colder each day.
Global warming leaving us decadent,
suicide bombers kill the innocent.
My heart stays strong and for them I repent,
'whilst for my fellow man I kneel and pray.
Suicide bombers kill the innocent,
as society grows colder each day.
Joyce Le Lievre
(sunny day)
© Joyce A. Le Lievre, All Rights Reserved
November 4, 2007
Author notes
I have written an intertwined triolet which is another version of the triolet. Pamela A Lamppa introduced me to this form.
Triolet
A Triolet is a poetic form consisting of only 8 lines. Within a Triolet, the 1st, 4th, and 7th lines
repeat, and the 2nd and 8th lines do as well. The rhyme scheme is simple: ABaAabAB, capital
letters representing the repeated lines.
Make writing a Triolet more challenging! Make each line 8 syllables in length (4 metrical feet),
written in iambic tetrameter (the more common way), or try it in pentameter (English version)
where each line only has 10 syllables(5 metrical feet).
In a list
A contest entry
- Amera’s Anniversary Contest by Amera.
25000 points, ended December 4, 2007, 17 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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This was a very difficult read, because of the subject matter. But it was well worth it. I love the Triolet, and the way it seems to just roll off the tongue when I read.
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Lynn, Thank you for the lovely words of praise you gave to me here. It is a sore subject matter and one I felt needed to come out after watching the world news and the fact I was a little down at the time. I'm very happy that it spoke to you in the way it was intended. Thank you for the good luck wishes as well. Love and God bless, Joyce
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The Triolet developed in France is a beautiful form and you have done it justice. The originality of this piece is magnificent. This form is traditionally used for light happy poetry due to the carefree cadence. You have gone against the grain and written a dark piece reflecting the sad state of our world. I agree with image you paint and all I can say it that God has everything under control. He couldn’t build a top without a bottom and I know there is a divine plan that awaits our future. Thanks so much for entering my contest; only the best poets on the site have been able to stay in this race without being DQ’d and I knew you would be in the race.
Love,
Amera♥
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Amera,
Grrrrrrrrrrrr, sometimes this site gets me angry. I never saw your reply when I have been logging in and I was curious that you hadn't responded. You have given us a challenge here and the intertwining triolet that Pam introduced me to sounded like the perfect form to go with. My faith was being tested and I had been watching world news as you can see from the subject. I do know that he wouldn't build a top without a bottom and my faith will always keep me believing that man will realize before it's too late. Thank you for the applauses and your lovely words of praise. I'm very happy that you enjoyed it and I knew it had to be more than good to stay in the running. You have brought such a smile to my face right now. Thank you for deciding to host a contest such as this. Love you my friend, Joyce
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sis, you do share your formed poetry in all catagories, very well written to show how the world is changing,I wish you the best in this contest...MM
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Sis, Thank you for the applauses and your lovely words of praise. I am attracted to the different forms and this one that Pam introduced me to can be very powerful. Our world has been changing for some time now and it would be nice to see it start changing for the better. Maybe some day and if not in our time then in the immediate generation after before it's too late. I'm very happy that this one spoke to you. Thank you for the best wishes in the contest also. Love always from your sis, Joyce
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an excellent write! wow... and to use that form to get this message across was great...
that picture is awesome... it made me smile.
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going, Thank you for the applauses and your lovely words of praise. This is a wonderful form that Pam introduced me to and in speaking with her, she said I was better off removing the image as it actually distracted the strength of the write itself.
She is the maestro and I have since removed the picture. It did make me smile also and that was why I added it, to see a little tyke praying for world peace got me. Your words always mean so much to me. Love and God bless you my friend, Joyce
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excellent!
loved it
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Aj, Thank you for the applauses and your words of praise. I'm happy this could speak to you and I hope it will to others. Love and God bless, Joyce
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