Why So Straight, My Friend

A straight line, laity, And crooked one quite weighty, In topsy-turvy A poetic metre’s world, Friend, why be such a straight bird? And why so long winding Where a crooked line softness shows, One straight, harshness and stress, In world of woes, oh warped that goes, Where a crooked line softness shows— In such an awkward world of woes, What use straightforwardness Where a crooked line softness shows, One straight, harshness and stress! ___________________________________ Triolet |12.07.2023| poetry, world Poet’s note: What Tanka takes five short and sweet lines, a Triolet takes eight and longer ones.