[Bards] and now for something completely different

[Haines, Paul]

Well, it's different for me anyway...
I'm taking a break from sonnets to try some other poetic styles and the
first one my teacher has set me on is triolets.  I've only done enough
research so far to understand the basic structure of this style - I still
need to look into theme and reason for them.  Anyway, I've come up with a
trio of triolets that I thought some of you might enjoy.  I should mention
that I neither confirm nor deny the validity of the statements made...at
least not while the sun is shining. ;)

~Alden Drake


To hug a bard will fortune bring
You can put this fact to the test.
With stories to tell and songs to sing,
To hug a bard will fortune bring.
So with your arms about him (her) ring
And you'll see that I do not jest,
To hug a bard will fortune bring
You can put this fact to the test.

If you would give a bard a kiss,
He would immortalize your name,
In songs or poems such as this,
If you would give a bard a kiss.
So take a chance, don't be remiss,
You'd have only yourself to blame.
If you would give a bard a kiss,
He would immortalize your name.

If into bed a bard you take
You're the luckiest lass (lad) of all,
As I have heard the earth will shake
If into bed a bard you take.
For such grand music you will make
As to fill any concert hall,
If into bed a bard you take
You're the luckiest lass (lad) of all.