Saying Goodbye
Like Tristan's chord played
my tissue caught her last tear
left life unresolved
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Categories:
tristan, loss, miss you, remember,
Form: Senryu
Tristan
Tristan
Oh, my fuTure grandson may your
days be filled with miRrth…may the creator
of the universe smile upon your bIrth…
I dream of Swaddling you and holding you tight…
safe and sound in mama’s belly, a couple more monThs,
You are blessed, alreAdy, surrounded by love…
May the sun always shiNe brightly on you from above
So many await
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Categories:
tristan, baby, birth, grandmother, grandson,
Form: Acrostic
Tristan Our Son Lovingly Begun
Turquoise blue in child birth comes forth 'Tristan'
a treasured innocence baby boy by two parents and God has been formed
The creation of a new generation a dawning of a new life
making time so endless and an everlasting beautiful new light
Sired by a father who brings into being
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Categories:
tristan, birth, child, joy, life,
Form: Free verse
Tristan the Butcher Boy
You'll smack your lips, at his silver side
Our beefy lad will cure your ham
His tender loins, are worth your coins
And if you ask, he'll stuff your lamb
I tell no fibs, you'll love his ribs
It ain't no joke, his crackly pork
Worth every pound, his piece of round
No crumbly biscuit, beats his brisket
Like chocolate drops,
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Categories:
tristan, character, dedication, family, boy,
Form: Lyric
Death of Tristan
Sit down, Sit down, Wandering Knight,
Your Queen waits in secret for you in vain.
Make haste, Oh, Wandering Knight,
Your Queen sits lonely in the balcony again.
Break your Oath, Woe betide Knight,
The Queen wishes to heal you from all pain.
Oh, Loitering Knight! Oh, Loitering Knight!
Remember her pale beauty, forsaken by your honor,
Shred our love in pieces, this
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Categories:
tristan, fantasy, autumn, love,
Form: Free verse
Tristan & Isolde
From two seperate worlds,
Seperated by war-
Unaware to the fact
They're both looking for more
She is bound to be wed
And they're doomed from the start.
But, ironically, they kiss-
It's easy to see they'll be torn apart.
Only he could deserve
Such unsurpassed beauty-
She only hopes for a land
Where there is no duty.
They will never be apart again.
Though his wound is
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Categories:
tristan, adventure, loss, lost love,
Form: Narrative