Yo was a man who loved to sing. He spoke in music rather than words. |
(This was TOUGH!) New Prompt: I was listening to a song today that brought some cheer. It was the Yodeling song, about a man, that loved to hear yodeling. The old man loved to hear his name - Yo. Write a poem, using the "Triolet" as your form, to tell his life story. Maximum 6 stanzas. The triolet is an old French form that is short and witty or more traditionally romantic. It has 8 lines in the rhyming scheme abaaabab. The first two lines (ab) and the last two lines(ab) are the same, as well as the first line and the fourth. A small village was home to Yo Who spoke in music rather than words His mom sang to him in notes so low A small village was home to Yo The music stayed with him as he started to grow The sounds more beautiful than any he heard A small village was home to Yo Who spoke in music rather than words Yo grew older and continued to sing Using his voice to earn him his keep Kids came to hear him and treats they would bring Yo grew older and continued to sing He loved the children and denied them nothing Many times his voice soothed them to sleep Yo grew older and continued to sing Using his voice to earn him his keep Yo has been gone now for many a year But in that village they remember him still Talk to the folks and you’re likely to hear Yo has been gone now for many a year His voice could move the coldest to tears He’ll live forever in that small village he will Yo has been gone now for many a year But in that village they remember him still This won the Writer's Cramp on 12/17/03! |