Sage 
You realized your time had come
to forsake home and seek the road
and so by every rule of thumb
you realized your time had come
refraining from, abstaining from
unburdened by this earthly load
you realized your time had come
to forsake home and take the road

Brush
It was the barest, lightest touch
that sent us hurtling, headlong, blind
two strangers in a lover's clutch
it was the barest, lightest touch
a graze, a grope, felt nothing much
so heedlessly we intertwined
it was the barest, lightest touch
that sent us hurtling, headlong, blind

Sagebrush
A burning wand to cleanse the air
in every corner of my room
an offering as old as prayer
a burning wand to cleanse the air
this herb the thunder gods prepare
and smudge the prairie with perfume
a burning wand to cleanse the air
in every corner of my room

34 thoughts on “One into three”

1. A great compound word to work with, Laura, and a stunning trio of poems, all very different and linked by the word. I especially love the second stanza, such a beautiful love poem, with the ‘lightest touch’.

   1. thank you Kim – I love working with the compound words and their derivatives

2. I love them all three and to me they connect from the death to the funeral, the scent of the sagebrush in the last is to me like a ritual.

   1. its always interesting how a poem can mean so many different things – thank you for your interpretation

3. I like your take on this prompt ☺️

   1. thank you

4. Nice one!!!

   much🤍love

   1. ❤

5. I love what you did with this one, Laura.

   1. thank you

      1. You are welcome.

6. Oh this is fabulous, so many layers both singly and conjoined.

   1. – thank you Tish for such high praise

      1. Off this morning to read it again.

7. What a wonderful compound word you selected and your triolets flow so beautifully but the second stanza is extra special with that lightest touch of love!

   1. thank you – that word lit the touch paper for me

8. i love your poetry! do you have a published book that’s available for purchase?

   1. this has to be the most encouraging comment I’ve yet received – I am putting together some for my own collection as everything is still just online here – now you have given me food for thought x

9. Laura, you make triolet look easy. I like how you had 3 connected but disparate words. What location did you use? Imagining a hot desert.

   1. not the location just the compound word sagebrush!!

      1. oh ok. I must have missed that part of the prompt, but I noticed more than a few using them in this challenge.

         1. it was option 1

            1. ah ok.

10. A delightful trio of poems, Laura.

    1. thank you Roberta – I enjoy this form

       1. It is new to me. A great prompt.

11. Three very different poems and tones. I think I enjoyed the lightness and faint mysticism of the third one best. Burning sage to get rid of evil spirits…

    1. thank you Jane for noticing- wrote it so that the differences come together in the compound final

12. I really enjoyed the different moods in the three different stanzas, and beautifully crafted to flow so well with the required repetition and rhyme.

    1. many thanks Kate – iambic tetrameter is one I struggle with but it does lend itself to the Triolet I think because of the repeats

13. You chose a wonderful compound word, beautiful triolet form and an interesting prompt! I chose a slang word and wrote 3 silly limericks 🙂

    1. thank you for your appreciation of this poem and the prompt – and as long as your slang is a compound word it matters not!

14. All three stanzas particularly resonate with me…really like the attention paid to rhythm, to take note..

    1. thanks Ain – the Triolet has two iambic rhythms to choose from it seems from my research – this the 4 beat Tetrameter or the Trimeter

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