[Bards] and now for something completely different

[Lady Simone]

Thank you for this poem it's great and my lord who also reads this list is
now sitting in his chair grinning like the cat who at the canary.


Lady (Simone) Muirenn ingen Senáin uí Dúnlaing
2nd Rose of FalconRose Southern Keep, Ansteorra



> 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.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Bards mailing list
> Bards at ansteorra.org
> http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/bards
>