That dark lady I call my muse,
angel of art inside my head.
My tears are shed as she sings blues,
that dark lady I call my muse.
Colours scheming in vibrant hues,
each time I lay there in my bed.
That dark lady I call my muse,
angel of art inside my head.
Ideas float with static clues,
that dark lady I call my muse,
she brings them forth in words to use,
in pictures tonal views are read.
That dark lady I call my muse,
Angel of art inside my head.
She holds me tight in vice-like grip,
yet tender is her sultry touch.
In thought, imagination’s trip,
she holds me tight in vice like grip,
from her chalice I gently sip,
at first, it all seems double Dutch,
She holds me tight in vice-like grip,
yet tender is her sultry touch.
As words and art meet my pen tip
She holds me tight in vice-like grip,
she guides the words that form on lip,
the ink on paper now my crutch.
She holds me tight in vice-like grip,
yet tender is her sultry touch.
That dark lady I call my muse,
she holds me tight in vice-like grip,
eases the way that I confuse,
that dark lady I call my muse.
Images once lost, now diffuse,
and on paper they swiftly slip,
that dark lady I call my muse,
she holds me tight in vice-like grip.
No longer words can I excuse,
that dark lady I call my muse,
as I dwell in fantasies views
I see I’m now her fingertip,
the dark lady I called my muse,
I hold me tight in vice-like grip.
Author notes
Screenname: The Painting Poet
A contest entry
- November Rounds #2 by CitrineSunrise.
700 points, ended December 11, 2008, 20 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Oh wow, I'm impressed. . . I've written a couple of triolet sonnets (as you know ) but this is the first time I've seen them done this way. . .I'm going to have to try it. Good work, poet. Like Liz says, this is quite an achievement.
♠ Lady Elinor
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Thank you poet
I am a sonnet nut as you probably know as I pen more sonnets than anything else. I love to experiment with the different variations and with sequencing. I am also doing a dissertation on the sonnet for my MA as well as teach it here on AP.
Blessed be
Jem
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This is quite an achievement to combine a triolet with a sonnet. I have never attempted this and you have piqued my interest. Because the triolet form requires so much repetition I think you would have been better served by a more grammatically correct opening line. It is punctuated as sentence but is only a phrase. Perhaps "Who is the lady of my muse?" Thank you for your entry. Peace, Liz
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Thank you. and thanks for the advice, this form is a new one for me so still working on the fine detail, but it is fun.
Jem
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