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Art work by John Gibson, 2006
Last week on Poetry Friday, Laura Purdi Salas wrote a triolet about icicles. Her poem inspired me to try the triolet form. I am working on writing poems to my father’s Christmas cards. Here is a triolet for his 2006 card. The epigraph is his greeting inside the card.
Listen
Listen for the music of angels
Songs of heaven come to you
in mourning tunes of doves.
An angel plays her trumpet; true
Songs of heaven come to you.
From towers, hear a cathedral tune
echo like a hymn one loves.
Songs of heaven come to you
in mourning tunes of doves.—Margaret Simon, all rights reserved
Reflections on the Teche 
The contrast of the the angel’s trumpets and the “mourning tunes of doves” captures all that is true about life — the bitter and the sweet, all in one package.
Love it! The rhythm is just right.
I like the way you play with that main line, Margaret, at a beginning & ending. Beautiful poem and again with the card. What a project to work on!
This is beautiful! The repetition suits it so well. Great inspiration you have too.