A Triolet for Laurie Lee – 14.5.97 by Ms Paige Turner
In last bi-month’s blog I wrote about the nine VIPs I had met and clean forgot about getting drunk with Laurie Lee. I tried to sell a feature to ‘The Oldie’ outlining this experience but the editor told me, ‘It’s difficult to find someone who hasn’t got drunk with Laurie Lee, Jan’.
A Triolet for Laurie Lee – 14.5.97
When I shared scotch on the rocks with Laurie Lee
it was a cold November night but now Laurie’s dead.
I asked, “Did you do it with Rosie?”
when I shared scotch on the rocks with Laurie Lee.
He wasn’t sharing any secrets and unfortunately
he was sixty eight. My fate. Too late. “Cider is sweeter,” he said
when I shared scotch on the rocks with Laurie Lee.
It was a cold November night, but now? – Laurie’s dead.
First and second lines are repeated throughout this eight line verse. Any number of syllables can be used. The repeated lines should take on new meaning and form a different part of the sentence each time.
Short thought provoking.
PLEASE KEEP SENDING YOUR 200 WORDS OR LESS IN TO ME FOR THE ‘WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER’ ANTHOLOGY. GOD SPEED THE VERITABLE VACCINE.