Happy Birthday, William Wordsworth!
The triolet form works well when stealing lines from other poets because that perfect line repeats 3 times. I feel privileged to combine my own words with William Wordsworth. The light of this evening invited poetry. Shadows and light created quiet calm and a sacred time.
A line taken from It is a Beauteous Evening, Calm and Free
Evening Light Triolet
A beauteous evening, calm and free,
The holy time is quiet –
When light makes shadows of the trees;
A beauteous evening, calm and free.
Reflections long to sit with thee
and mellow our day with silence.
A beauteous evening, calm and free,
The holy time is quiet.







Your photography is getting better all the time. Adds a lo to the blog.
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I like “When light makes shadows of the trees”, adds to the rhythm of it, Margaret, & your photo is beautiful!
That is beautiful! I have only read one triolet before and I didn’t notice a repeated line oops! I was plannign on trying one today so this is handy :0)
This is really lovely. One of my favorite times of day perfectly captured!
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