Plastic world ( Triolet )

by Ingrid   Mar 30, 2009


Plastic world ( Triolet )

Silicone beauties, painted smiles and fake personalities
Is there any sincerity and pureness left today?
Why shouldn't there be room for abnormalities?
Silicone beauties, painted smiles and fake personalities
What about diversity and natural beauties?
Please be yourself, I prefer authenticity any day
Silicone beauties, painted smiles and fake personalities
Is there any sincerity and pureness left today?

Written for a club contest.

Triolet
A Triolet is a poetic form consisting of only 8 lines. Within a Triolet, the 1st, 4th, and 7th lines repeat, and the 2nd and 8th lines do as well. The rhyme scheme is simple: ABaAabAB, capital letters representing the repeated lines.

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  • 8 years ago

    by Ben Pickard

    "What about diversity and natural beauties" - I echo that sentiment. The rubbish that's thrown our way these days and accepted as "the norm" makes me so angry, especially as I have a seven year old girl. I will do everything I can to protect her from this kind of false idea of womanhood.
    An important write and in form too - well done, Ingrid.
    All the best

  • 8 years ago

    by PETER EDWARDS

    Well said Ingrid! I so hate those plastic people pushing themselves onto our screens every minute of every day. Faces dripping with thick makeup and false smiles, emitting insincerity.
    Let's get back to real people again.
    I like what you have penned here Ingrid, and agree wholeheartedly with what you say.

  • 8 years ago

    by Mr. Darcy

    Hello Ingrid,

    I thought I would drift back to this Triolet

    This form is difficult to pull off and I found it a challenge for my recent attempt.

    Plastic world ( Triolet )

    Silicone beauties, painted smiles and fake personalities
    ^
    This line speaks to me of superficial society and the brainwashed girls/ ladies that try to conform to social norms.
    Is there any sincerity and pureness left today?
    ^
    A good question, leading to the next line...
    Why shouldn't there be room for abnormalities?
    ...another question. Challenging those that ridicule those that do not fit into the 'norm'
    Silicone beauties, painted smiles and fake personalities
    ^
    The repeated line brings this reader back to the point in question. Why conform? Why not accept difference instead?
    What about diversity and natural beauties?
    Please be yourself, I prefer authenticity any day
    ^
    I like this statement - urging to love the person you are and what other people are inside and out.

    Silicone beauties, painted smiles and fake personalities
    Is there any sincerity and pureness left today?
    ^
    Leaving the reader with this rhetorical question is like a reverberating gong driving home a this message.

    Excellent message delivered here.

    (((hugs)))

  • 14 years ago

    by Fran

    I understand where you are coming from with this, the media push Hollywood as the truly desirable and you have made an excellent point. But I believe there is still pureness and sincerity today, unfortunately it isn't deemed newsworthy.

  • 15 years ago

    by Poet on the Piano

    A powerful message you have portrayed, your words told the true about the earth, everyone trying their hardest to be perfect, changing who they truly are. Beautiful write, very though-provoking and the form was a excellent one too!

    God Bless You And Take Care!

    ~MaryAnne

    5/5 from me, of course!