This exercise should come easier than a sonnet, especially since you get to use the first two lines a couple of times and only have to come up with three new ones.
A triolet is structured like this:
Line 1: A
Line 2: B
Line 3: A
Line 4: Line 1 repeats
Line 5: A
Line 6: B
Line 7: Line 1 repeats
Line 8: Line 2 repeats.
You must use these rhymes:
| A | luck | duck | buck |
| B | argentine | mean |
Post the results to your blog with a link back to this article or attach a comment with your masterpiece.
The next set of rhymes shall appear on May 15.
For more information on the triolet, see:
It's at: http://www.greentruck.org/2004/archives/000074.html - hope it makes the grade.
Posted by: Anthony at May 1, 2004 04:43 AMIn return for a change in my luck
I offer you this argentine
and a yellow rubber duck.
In return for a change in my luck
I will bet my last buck
and say what I mean.
In return for a change in my luck
I offer you this argentine
I've taken a shine to the triolet form, but the rhymes are killing me!
Posted by: Pam at May 1, 2004 03:44 PMHere's mine and it's up here
That night I was truly having no luck.
Although the sky was clear and argentine,
I didn't look, didn't see, didn't duck.
That night I was truly having no luck.
He was handsome, charming, his name was Buck.
I believed all he said and didn't mean
that night. I was truly having no luck
although the sky was clear and argentine.
Good luck
Argentine.
You know you owe me a buck.
Good luck!
You couldn't buy a duck.
Nah, that's mean.
Good luck
Argentine!
Eek. This was harder than the sonnet...
Posted by: Kent at May 4, 2004 05:57 AMI knew that I was out of luck
When last I rode the Argentine.
He jumped, was startled by a duck,
I knew that I was out of luck.
I held on, he began to buck,
It wasn’t because he was mean.
I knew that I was out of luck
When last I rode the Argentine.
A red headed pirate with worst of luck
Who told the world his mum was Argentine
Went fishing once and caught a blue duck
A red headed pirate with worst of luck
It quacked if ever he needed a buck
That he should never lie or be mean,
A red headed pirate with worst of luck
Who told the world his mum was Argentine.
"High Stakes"
Posted by: kara at May 5, 2004 03:11 PMOceans of rain that are tossed for luck
Across canyons argentine
Mean nothing to the man who has to duck
Oceans of rain that are tossed for luck.
Sailing salt seas for a meager buck
Soak his hope, more journeys will ever mean
Oceans of rain that are tossed for luck
Across canyons argentine.
Good grief that was real hard. I continue to achieve new lows in the poetic arts. Go me! Er, I mean, arghh matey, thar be ill omens for me ill poem.
Posted by: zhaf at May 10, 2004 09:44 PMI like it zhaf
: )
#1
Treasure in the lap of luck –
Shury is precious Argentine
Galapagos began the duck
Treasure in the lap of luck –
Will bring many a buck
For the greedy and mean
Treasure in the lap of luck-
Shury is precious Argentine
#2
Hombre on horseback in a bad way with luck
The Gaucho Argentine
The tree limbs are heavy, remember to duck
Hombre on horseback in a bad way with luck
A gunshot, commotion, the horse starts to buck
From the ear, can you tell what it means?
Hombre on horseback in a bad way with luck
The Gaucho Argentine
#3
Dancing in flames, howling to luck
Dreaming in Argentine
Fantastic. Rattle, roll, and duck.
Dancing in flames, howling to luck
She climbs on and begins to buck
Tango is what I mean
Dancing in flames, howling to luck
Dreaming in Argentine
#4
Gauchos trimming the trail of luck
Skirt the lady argentine
Flanked on each side, never having to duck
Gauchos trimming the trail of luck
Winning a round for the mighty buck
Slaying the meek with the mean
Gauchos trimming the trail of luck
Skirt the lady Argentine