Here goes: the winners of the 1st annual (biannual? centennial? millenial?) Triolet Contest!
*drum roll*
First Place: Furor with his trio of triolets
Second Place: Kevin O'Brien with "Have Mercy on Me, Lord, a Sinner"
Third Place: Dr. Thursday with "I Left My Verse Out in the Sun"
The Prizes:
Dr. Thursday gets 2 rosaries.
Kevin O'Brien gets 1 Mass.
Furor gets 2 Masses, prayers for his intentions at St. Peter's Basilica when I go there in less than a month, and a link on my sidebar. It's the blue ribbon.
Congratulations! And thanks to all who participated. Keep writing triolets -- because Chesterton wasn't the only one who can write them. Maybe some of you could try submitting your poems to Gilbert! I don't know if they'd print them, but they might, especially if they hold their own triolet contest. I really think they should.
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Or rather, it's going to be a blue ribbon, when I can make the computer cooperate. Sorry about the delay.
Yes yes, let us all send triolets to Gilbert!!
I'm sure they would be well recieved.
I still have no idea what a Triloet is, but I can pitch the idea of running them in the magazine to Dale, if you wish. Is it a verse form invented by Chesterton? Or did he merely popularize a verse form that already existed?
ps. Going to Rome? Please pray for all of us in Chestertondom! I have to admit that I am jealous. I was in Rome four years ago for the canonization of St. Josemaria Escriva, and it was truly a life-changing experience.
I don't know if Chesterton invented the triolet. I don't think so, but I haven't found any pre-Chesterton triolets to prove it.
To find out more about triolets, you could read the post starting this contest.
Yes, I'm very excited about Rome. I will pray for all of you, of course. And look for my pictures and notes on this blog, starting at the end of this month or the beginning of September.
*Basks in glory*
Thank you for your kindness, Sheila, and to all who voted for me. When you're at St. Peter's, be sure to pray for the cessation of the envy I feel with regards to you being at St. Peter's. It's kind of a bitter irony I guess, but as long as you're there...
Congratulations to the winners!
Will have to review the rules also-
Thanks for posting:)
Hopefully you'll get a chance to go there later on, Furor. I think every Catholic should go to Rome at least once in a lifetime. My poor mother lived there as an Episcopalian, and now she's Catholic she can't get a chance to go: bitter irony.
And congratulations on winning. My mom was very happy you won, because she thought yours was far and away the best. Thought I'd pass that on. I was a bit embarrassed by it, myself, because it had reference to me descending in tears and crying. I wouldn't do that for lack of your triolets . . . at least not in public. ;) It was awfully good.
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