Triolet


June 22, 2023





A colored heart or smiley face,

picked from hundreds of emojis,

cannot supplant poetry’s place.

A colored heart or smiley face

is just a byte; a data base.

Behold your lasting legacy:

a colored heart or smiley face,

picked from hundreds of emojis.




From the Perscribo.com online eBook Form Poetry by Jennifer Ozak.

Image by John Hain.  See Glossary of Forms.