‘Three
Sisters’
It’s
hard to keep the faith
With
chances slim, and hope –
A
dying candle. Love
Is
what sustains us. Love,
Awakening
the faith,
Life
breathing into hope.
Soon
burning flames of hope
Will
join the fiery love,
And
set alight the faith.
Three
sisters: Faith, Hope, Love.
Live for the Love of it,
The Happy Amateur
Ooooo! Nice! Trying to tackle the Tritina now (not so comfy with the formal forms). I just wanted to say I am now enjoying your work on several different sites. I understand the "Happy," but would like to respectfully disagree with the "Amateur" part. You are a gifted poet. Thank you for sharing your words with me.
ReplyDeleteThank you, De! You're too kind really, but anyway I want to defend the 'amateur' part of my 'name' :-) all the connotations of amateur apply to me, but my absolute favorite is 'lover' that goes to the root of the word. I'm fine with just Happy for short, but I'll keep the Amateur to remind myself of my motto: Live for the Love of it!
DeleteThanks again!
Ahhhh! Seeing that now in your header. Wonderful! :)
Delete:-) ! Thank you for visiting me!
DeleteThis is a true delight and inspiration!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Janet!
DeleteWell crafted. I like the way you've brought it all together in the last stanza :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Norma!
Deleteisn't it awesome how the three work hand in hand..i like that you paint them as sisters as well...nice
ReplyDeleteThank you, Claudia.
ReplyDeleteSof'ya (Sophia) and her three daughters - Vera(Faith), Nadezhda (Hope) and Lyubov' (Love or Charity) - are Christian martyrs and Saints. The day they are commemorated - September 30th - is a very important day for Russian Orthodox Church.
nice...you work the form well...and that is pretty cool ont he background in the above comment as well...did not realize that about the daughters....they do go hand in hand conceptually as well...
ReplyDeleteI'd love to know who their parents are... = )
ReplyDeleteYou make it look so easy!
Their mother is "Wisdom" (Sof'ya or Sophia.) Have to admit, know nothing about the father... I'm actually curious now, I wonder if he's mentioned anywhere.
DeleteForgot to thank you for your comment, Laurie :-)
DeleteThank you, Brian, glad you liked it.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you've connected the concepts of faith, hope, and love. This is a nice poem.
ReplyDeleteThis is so good, using the three virtues. And I love the Icon you chose to feature. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteJessica, Victoria, thank you.
ReplyDeleteI like the weaving of the three, faith, hope and love ~ Well done with the form ~
ReplyDeleteThank you, Heaven.
DeleteIt's rare to see a spiritual theme in this kind of structure, but you did it, and what a great choice of end-words, every single one works to bolster the theme.
ReplyDeleteFaith, hope and love are beautiful words.
DeleteThank you for your comment.
Well written, esp the closure. Fine work!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteFantastic. Everything flowing, nothing forced or unnatural to comply with the demands of the form. A real gem of a poem. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Dave.
DeleteInteresting how pre Christian thinking and symbolism is incorporated in to Christian iconography . And a good play with the form
ReplyDeleteThe icon depicts Christian martyrs, but the concepts of Faith, Hope and Love precede Christianity. It is interesting.
DeleteThank you for visiting.
Great choice of words to start with...and great execution...
ReplyDeleteThank you.
Deletenow these three remain; faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is love.
ReplyDeleteThank you for a wonderful, uplifting poem. I really enjoyed it.
Tony
Thank you, Tony.
DeleteAll the threes :)
ReplyDeleteFaith, hope and love... used to be Charity, many a vicar's daughter's name. Smiles.
Yes, Love or Charity. Charity sounds good, too :-)
DeleteI like Faith, Hope and Love, though.
Beautiful construction within the form. Every line reinforces the content and the poetic form. Elegant, refined, spiritual!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your words.
DeleteNicely done ... this isn't the easiest form and I so like how succinctly you've managed to do such a lovely tritina ...
ReplyDeletehttp://leapinelephants.blogspot.ca/2012/08/desperately-missing-you-who-are-gone.html
Thank you, Sharon.
DeleteThere is a complete circle here. You made this form look smooth and easy. A lovely write!
ReplyDeleteThank you, I'm glad :-)
Deletethe first stanza is positively beautiful. (odd when you consider the content, but still...)
ReplyDeletein the end, not only beautiful, but uplifting.