People Triolet Poems

For the favor of people and greed
I will not bring shame to my namesake.
A believer's crown, they don't esteem;
For the favor of people and greed
They...

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Peace is found when people come to their senses
Stop the bickering and contentious debates
Words of anger fortify our defenses
   Peace is found when...

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The heart always knows what it wants,
The head often gets in the way.
A fantasy teases and taunts…
The heart always knows what it wants…
That fantasy's virtues...

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A jigsaw throw of sad and wrecked people.
To find their way through a group of stories.
Left a stream that was picked by a needle.
A jigsaw...

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I was fixed in front of my parent's grave.
They were quiet as the tomb was interned.
There were only two people that were brave.
I was fixed...

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Blissful mingling at someone else's home
Soothe me with a song you can sing right now.
I can't, as the next day has indeed come.
Happy mingling at...

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A dim light is better 
than there's no light at all,
that my friend, you should remember. 
A dim light is better,
for the world could be...

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Milton was a person you couldn't help but like.
Almost every  time I wrote a Triolet
He'd stop by and visit and once said,
 "You know...

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Destiny, I’d say, is the bedfellow of fate
Wedded they walk in undisclosed ways,
Suspense of mystery their kindred trait
As to our country, the outcome of late
Every...

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I did not seek earthly wealth or fame
My life has been rich and full, indeed
I have tried to fairly play the game
I did not seek...

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Polish the beacon of your face
and give the weary world a smile;
despairing people need some grace.
Polish the beacon of your face;
make optimism commonplace
and luminous joy...

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When I stare at the sky, sight fades,
Stunning view blitheness, and people
Hoist the tape to grasp strains and wades,
When I stare at the sky, sight...

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She pirouettes at the hall of fame,
Magnifying swan-silhouettes in delight
As silky red wings are in glaring flame,
She pirouettes in the hall of fame
Red Swan of...

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My nation is filled with weariness today
Ministers might, in joy, sway in each highway
Much debts on farmers have got repealed they say
My nation is filled...

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I struggle to understand the mindset
Of people wallowing in destructive hate,
The things they say they never regret
I struggle to understand the mindset
And, sadly, I cannot...

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