5 triolets
I need to get a kiss by the
third night.
Tick tock goes the clock,
time is almost gone.
If I fail the task, I will
lose my sight.
I need to get a kiss by the
third night.
Here I stand with my lips
puckered tight.
Here he comes walking across
the lawn.
I need to get a kiss by the
third night.
Tick tock goes the clock,
time is almost gone.
Are you dreaming of me dear
princess?
Hear my sweet song outside
your window.
I am in need of your tender
caress.
Are you dreaming of me dear
princess?
Let me save you from this
terrible mess.
I’ll wait forever in this
limbo.
Are you dreaming of me dear
princess?
Hear my sweet song outside
your window.
Mixing and brewing need to
get this right.
Potion, no motion, stuck in
a deep sleep.
One drink and she’ll be out
like a light.
Mixing and brewing need to
get this right.
I have to hurry, he’ll be
here tonight.
Keep her quiet—not a sound
not a peep.
Mixing and brewing I need to
get this right.
Potion, no motion, stuck in
a deep sleep.
Too much time has slipped
away.
I’m stuck in a lullaby.
I can’t see the light of
day.
Too much time has slipped
away
So soon my hair will turn
gray.
Why can’t my prince hear my
cry?
Too much time has slipped
away.
I’m stuck in a lullaby.
Gluttonous children wander
by,
Caught in a witch’s deceit.
Smells of sweets they want
to try,
Gluttonous children wander
by.
They feast and feast on
cakes and pies.
They eat themselves into a
sleep.
Gluttonous children wander
by,
Caught in a witch’s deceit.
Amber Winter is a married mother of three boys. She is a trained meat cutter, cosmetologist and formerly worked in finance. She enjoys passing time at the playgrounds writing poetry while her boys run out their energy. Her poetry had been published in Failed Haiku, cattails, Ribbons, The Starlight Scifaiku Review, Scifaikuest, The Flying Saucer Poetry Review, tsuri-doro, Prune Juice, 100 Days, 100 Scary Stories, and Star*line. She is a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Rhysling Award nominee.
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