Richard the Lionheart Triolet
King's preserved heart studied by scientists...
Far from the Court-of-Love, my heart
Reposes, balmed in daisy and mint,
Deposed by cross-bow's ferrous dart.
Far from the Court-of-Love, my heart,
Four-chambered like a big-cat's hearth
Of soul, this coeur-arrest turns lint.
Far from the Court-of-Love, my heart
Reposes, balmed in daisy and mint.
Laura Stickney
Knight's Grave Triolet
Medieval headstone and skeleton found under Edinburgh parking lot...
Gravestone slab of alluvial birth,
Bears gravures of sword and carbuncle
Blazoned with mythic gems, unearthed.
Gravestone slab of alluvial birth,
Bares Templar in Devonian berth,
His bones intact; his dreams antiparticle
Gravestone slab of alluvial birth,
Bears gravures of sword and carbuncle
Laura Stickney
Richard III Triolet
Remains uncovered in English car park belong to Richard III...
I send babe nephews to th' Tower,
Underneath dun ragstone they distend,
My kingly frame with wrested spine, cowers
I send babe nephews to th' Tower,
My vanquished bones litter church bower,
Then molder 'neath car-park, untended
I send babe nephews to th' Tower,
Underneath dun ragstone they distend
Laura Stickney
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