The Triolet

Don Marquis

Your triolet should glimmer
  Like a butterfly;
In golden light, or dimmer,
Your triolet should glimmer,
Tremble, turn, and shimmer,
  Flash, and flutter by;
Your triolet should glimmer
  Like a butterfly.

Next 10 Poems

• Don Marquis : The Wages
• Don Marquis : They Had No Poet . . .
• Don Marquis : This Earth, It Is Also A Star
• Don Marquis : This Is Another Day
• Don Marquis : Time Steals From Love
• Don Marquis : To A Dancing Doll
• Don Marquis : Unrest
• Don Marquis : Visitors
• Don Marquis : With The Submarines
• Don Marquis : Words Are Not Guns

Previous 10 Poems

• Don Marquis : The Tavern Of Despair
• Don Marquis : The Struggle
• Don Marquis : The Singer
• Don Marquis : The Seeker
• Don Marquis : The Sailor's Wife Speaks
• Don Marquis : The Sage And The Woman
• Don Marquis : The Rondeau
• Don Marquis : The Rebel
• Don Marquis : The Pool
• Don Marquis : The Piltdown Skull