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A Blade's Keen Edge

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Short Description: 

Triolet is a french form appearing as early as the 13th century, though none were composed in English until 1651, just out of SCA period. 

Written for a bardic competition at Skewered 

Poem (Canso): 

A blade’s keen edge may give us pain
But the sword is sharpest at it’s tip
Here, in the counting of the slain
A blade’s keen edge may give us pain
But from the calling of the names
These bitter salted tears do slip
A blade's keen edge may give us pain
But the sword is sharpest at it’s tip