Honeysuckle Troiku

Posted on October 30, 2015 by https://vivinfrance.wordpress.com

Octpowrimo 30 wants us to write using all the senses.  I try to do that all the time, and a recent poem covers that prompt completely, so I must think of something new.  …   I’ve been looking for an excuse to write a Troiku, a form invented by Chevrefeuille.  Chevrefeuille is French for Honeysuckle, so this is in her honour

 
image: lonicera, from http://www.fragrantica.com

Upwards in a spiral
around a twiggy wigwam
grow the runner beans

Upwards in a spiral
around a handy hawthorn
honeysuckle glows

Around a handy hawthorn
it’s best to beware
long destructive spines

Honeysuckle glows
amid the darkling bushes
scented lure for bees.

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also linked at Dverse poets’ pub for Open Link Night 159

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20 Responses to Honeysuckle Troiku

  1. MarinaSofia says:
    October 31, 2015 at 13:57

    Some great alliterations there, enhanced of course by the repetition – an intriguing form! I had a honeysuckle in the garden of my first house, still am haunted by that scent. Well done on completing OctPoWriMo – you must be exhausted!

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  2. Deepti Agrawal says:
    October 31, 2015 at 10:59

    Beautiful Fragrant Flowers.. Your words made me visualize the picture..

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  3. Bodhirose says:
    October 31, 2015 at 04:52

    I didn’t know that honeysuckles produce beans. But I do love those beautiful and fragrant flowers. A mini wonder for the senses, Viv.

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  4. Cindy Scott says:
    October 30, 2015 at 22:24

    I think I need to try the form. Well penned!!

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  5. Hannah Gosselin says:
    October 30, 2015 at 19:27

    This hold the sense so wonderfully…especially the visual contrasts. Congratulations to you on Octwrimo, Viv…you’ve been doing so well! 🙂

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  6. Mary says:
    October 30, 2015 at 18:12

    I enjoyed the troiku form. Will have to try it. Poem really gave me the idea of the essence of honeysuckle.

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  7. Sunita Prasad says:
    October 30, 2015 at 17:55

    What a beautiful write! Amazing style, Viv 🙂

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  8. Sanaa Rizvi says:
    October 30, 2015 at 17:12

    Such a gorgeous write 🙂

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  9. kaykuala (@hankkaykuala) says:
    October 30, 2015 at 16:21

    There has to be a feeling of dependence between them!

    Hank

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  10. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) says:
    October 30, 2015 at 15:32

    Honeysuckle seems so distant now… but it’s the flower of summer nights for me… it’s what I always wish for…

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  11. othermary says:
    October 30, 2015 at 15:06

    I like the contrast of the upward growth of the honeysuckle, but the warning too.

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  12. Grace says:
    October 30, 2015 at 14:31

    Like the honeysuckle growing upwards in a spiral ~

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  13. The Laughing Housewife says:
    October 30, 2015 at 13:30

    This is a pretty one, Viv. I really like ‘a twiggy wigwam’

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  14. writersdream9 says:
    October 30, 2015 at 13:19

    I can honestly smell it!

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