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Winter Song

Hymen, Venus, Graces three,
_save me lest I wither
like some sap-sucked blasted tree;
Hymen, Venus, Graces three,
come and set my soul-song free:
_come, come here, come hither.
Hymen, Venus, Graces three,
_save me lest I wither.

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Triolet

I waited long to meet you,
and lo, today I did.
—Beneath a quiet sky-blue,
I waited long to meet you;
I spent the years I lived through
wond’ring where you were hid.—
I waited long to meet you,
and lo, today I did.

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Diego Calle is a poet and student at the University of Toronto. 

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2 Responses

  1. Joseph S. Salemi

    These are good triolets, and I especially like the first one.

    The classical references are very clear in this piece. Hymen is Marriage, Venus is Sex, and the Three Graces are the charms of Feminine Beauty. The poem is an elegant way of stating that one desires a passionate marriage with an attractive woman.

    Perhaps its juxtaposition with the second triolet is a way of stating that the speaker’s wish has been granted.

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  2. C.B. Anderson

    A tricky form to master, in my life I think I might’ve written two or three of them. The touch is light here, and the voice is true.

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