Monday, June 20, 2011

Up For Sale



Beautiful face without a name,
who would put a price on you?
It seems to me it’s such a shame…
Beautiful face without a name,
no family left to stake their claim;
laid out for sale in this venue.
Beautiful face without a name,
who would put a price on you?

© Copyright Ginny Brannan June 2011

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, captital letters representing repeated lines.

Photo prompt courtesy Tess Kincaid, Magpie Tales #70 

Posted by at
Labels: ,

20 comments:

  1. Words A DayJune 20, 2011 at 2:02 PM

    Lovely!
    And thanks for the piece on the triolet, its nice to learn something new:)

    ReplyDelete
  2. DebbyMcJune 20, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    I always wish I knew their names... poignant.

    ReplyDelete
  3. izzyJune 20, 2011 at 2:23 PM

    Good job! like it a lot- thanks.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Sioux RoslawskiJune 20, 2011 at 3:44 PM

    I had never heard of a triolet before. Thanks for sharing your poem as well as the structure.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Stafford RayJune 20, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    Yes, well expressed feeling we get looking at old photos, more so if they are of a beautiful face like this one!

    ReplyDelete
  6. ReflectionsJune 20, 2011 at 5:11 PM

    Love this form and your words are so touching. Will look forward to exploring more of your work as I follow along.

    ReplyDelete
  7. JJ Roa RodriguezJune 20, 2011 at 11:09 PM

    well said...

    JJRod'z

    ReplyDelete
  8. Kay L. DaviesJune 21, 2011 at 1:24 AM

    Very nicely done.
    — K

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

    ReplyDelete
  9. Pat HattJune 21, 2011 at 8:39 AM

    Another form I had no idea about, nicely said and yeah screw the price on me, I'll go for free..lol

    ReplyDelete
  10. MargaretJune 21, 2011 at 10:08 AM

    I love a Triolet and this one is very sweet. Poignant ... loved it.

    ReplyDelete
  11. HelenaJune 21, 2011 at 12:04 PM

    Gee - and they say musical notes are confusing!! Seriously, though - your triolet is crafted extremely well, I do feel it for this lost soul.

    I'll have a bash at a triolet in my next poem prompt!

    ReplyDelete
  12. Ann GrenierJune 21, 2011 at 7:51 PM

    Love this Ginny, especially in the triolet. I want to try that form.

    ReplyDelete
  13. ayalaJune 21, 2011 at 8:58 PM

    Love this!

    ReplyDelete
  14. Isabel DoyleJune 22, 2011 at 3:43 AM

    finely wrought piece

    ReplyDelete
  15. AnonymousJune 22, 2011 at 6:24 PM

    Love this, Ginny! You made a tough form look easy.

    I've never done a triolet. I wrote a pantoum once and that experience just about drove me to drink.

    ReplyDelete
  16. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 1:31 AM

    This is beautiful Ginny and what a wonderful poetry form, such elegance. I thought it quite sad about the price too

    ReplyDelete
  17. Steve IsaakJune 23, 2011 at 7:04 PM

    Solid rhyme versifying.

    ReplyDelete
  18. Ginny BrannanJune 23, 2011 at 10:11 PM

    Thanks to all who enjoyed this and were kind enough to comment. I appreciate your thoughts and opinions!

    ReplyDelete
  19. AnonymousJune 30, 2011 at 7:11 PM

    elegant piece.

    ReplyDelete
  20. AnonymousJuly 1, 2011 at 5:51 PM

    Fine triolet Ginny my friend. Wow you're deeply buried in the blogosphere now... hehe

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for reading my poetry and sharing your thoughts.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)