Triolet

January 7, 2010 at 12:17 am 3 comments

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!

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1. suzanne | January 29, 2010 at 8:55 pm

a very beautiful poem. it sounds difficult when you explain how it works…but it has such a simple, sweet sound. i’m glad i read it before you explained it…and now i’ll go back and reread and enjoy the mechanics too.
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2. suzanne | January 29, 2010 at 8:58 pm

and now that i’ve reread it, i realize why it appealed to me so much. i use repetition in my poems alot. great work!
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- 3. Kara Ashley | February 5, 2010 at 3:46 am
  
  Thanks for commenting on my poetry! I like the repetition and the rhyme too. having a formula like this poem did makes me not have to worry so much about form and style but more about the meaning of the words I’m writing. It is simpler and more complicated at the same time.
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