Triolet

I long for a place full of green trees
as I sit on this desert rock.
Would any be as joyful as me?
I long for a place full of green trees
to see the moss, squirrels and bees
instead of the lizards, sand and hungry hawks.
I long for a place full of green trees
as I sit on this desert rock.

This poem form is called a triolet and I’ve been testing it out a little for practice with form. The rhyme pattern is ABaAabAB, that is the first, the forth and the seventh line is repeated, the third and fifth lines rhyme with the first, the second and eighth lines are repeated and the sixth line rhymes with the second. It is an exciting step in my work with poetry!