Triolet Poems

On January 6-8, we offered a Vocabulary Word of the Week (Perseverance) to poets, who were required to write in the Triolet poetry form (consists of 8 lines with a rhyme scheme of ABaAabAB. Four Best Entries were chosen.

"TO MEET A DREAM"
 
 From the start debacles pave life's road
 One grapples each to meet an elusive dream
 Let fulfillment be the greasy goad
 From the start debacle pave life's road
 Legends say perseverance lightens the load
 Steadfast faith soon ends the trek at a serene stream
 From the start debacles pave life's road
 One grapples each to meet an elusive dream.
 
 © Loreta C. Bande

"CROSSROADS"

At the crossroads of life, a hasty predicament
 A choice to make, the right pathway to take
 Provoke the mind, to draw a wise judgement
 At the crossroads of life, a hasty predicament
 Prudence and perseverance are life's brilliant elements
 To wield like shining armors, either to make or break
 At the crossroads of life, a hasty predicament
 A choice to make, the right pathway to take.
 
 © Gus Perez Amio

"LEAST EFFORT BUT NOT LAST"

Perseverance in every effort
 Be a turtle to win the life's race
 Prosperity can be seen in divine comfort
 Perseverance in every effort
 Least but not last whatever the cost
 Strive with lofty ambitions, there's grace
 Perseverance in every effort
 Be a turtle to win the life's race.

© Farhan Anjum

"PERSEVERANCE IS MY WAY"

To succeed, perseverance is my way.
 Hard sacrifice for years in order to rise,
 study at night and work during the day.
 To succeed, perseverance is my way,
 One must brave storms that come at bay.
 Life comforts sometimes one denies,
 to succeed, perseverance is my way
 Hard sacrifice for years in order to rise.
 
 © Dolores Lapinid