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Australian poet, Brainwashing of youth, Formal poetry, Marxism, poem, poetry, Triolet, Wisdom, Youth, Youthful naivete
Youth Truth
We all do stupid things when we are young;
For wisdom tends to come a bit too late.
Though praise to youthfulness is loudly sung,
We all do stupid things when we are young.
An ear we may lend to a lying tongue
That seeks, with sugared words, to spread its hate.
We all do stupid things when we are young;
For wisdom tends to come a bit too late.
— D.N. O’Brien
dnobrienpoetry 
I tested the triolet a couple of times and decided it wasn’t for me, but you do quite well.
Yes, Tom Riley writes a lot of them, so I decided to give the form a go — so far so good.