Kurt Ravidas Poet Triolet

Five

Five sisters. Each as pretty as the other.
Their names are Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring
and nameless. Whom to choose from them? I’d rather…
Five sisters! Each as pretty as the other!
I’d rather seek the blessing of their mother
to put on nameless this engagement ring.
Five sisters. Each as pretty as the other.
Their names are Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring.

* Ring finger is called nameless finger in Russian.

04.05.2019
Celebrate May with a Triolet (tree-o-lay) Poetry Contest
Andrea Dietrich

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Line Gauthier May 17, 2019 at 2:29 PM Very interesting, Kurt. Congrats on your well deserved win. Kurt Ravidas May 17, 2019 at 3:24 PM Thank you, dear Line. P.S.: Win is too strong of a word, in my case)

Gershon Wolf May 16, 2019 at 8:39 PM Congrats on your placement in the contest, my friend! Best always, gw Kurt Ravidas May 17, 2019 at 3:22 PM Spasiba, Volkov) As they say, the placement is pants, yet so popular)

Andrea Dietrich May 15, 2019 at 5:58 PM Your triolet was one of the most interesting to me. It was unusual and clever. I did not get the rhyme of rather with other, and some of your lines had irregular syllable count; however, this one scored high with me for just delighting me! Congrats. Kurt Ravidas May 15, 2019 at 6:28 PM Thank you for your kind words, Andrea. I share your point of view: the Russian accentual-syllabic and English syllabic verses differ - you calculate syllables, we calculate accents. I'm affraid, it can't be helped: despite the fact I write in English, the accentual-syllabic accent makes itself felt. Best wishes to you and your contests)

Darlene De Beaulieu May 14, 2019 at 1:47 PM Hello Kurt, oh , I have enjoyed this poem. So there are 5 sisters, which one got the engagement ring? I like this poem. Have a nice day my friend. Kurt Ravidas May 15, 2019 at 6:30 PM Thank you, Darlene. Have a nice day and a night too)

Connie Marcum Wong May 6, 2019 at 10:33 AM I think Andrea will like this Kurt. I enjoyed it very much and I did not know about the ring finger being called nameless. Best for a win. This form is pretty difficult for me. You did well. : )

Kim Rodrigues May 4, 2019 at 7:35 PM Pretty and I like the unique take on this contest. Kurt Ravidas May 5, 2019 at 1:10 PM Thank you, Kim)

Caren Krutsinger May 4, 2019 at 3:38 AM Kurt, I appreciate the * because I had no idea, and it makes the poem even better. I kept expecting Nameless to be something pretty magnificent, and she is! Kurt Ravidas May 4, 2019 at 3:50 PM Thank you, Caren)