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Monday, December 31, 2012

Triquain


Triquain...created by Shelley Cephas,
A Triquain is a seven line poem with syllables in multiples of 3 as follows:
3, 6, 9, 12, 9, 6, 3 This form is always centered.
syllabic,3/6/9/12/9/6/3,unrhymed,Cephas,min 7L,max none
ALWAYS Centered


Example Poem:


Interim Heaven  (Triquain chain)

The puppy
brought to the hospital
where the boy was dying adopted
him on first sight.  The lad's pain was subdued by drugs.
Nothing could subdue the instant joy
filling him as he hugged
The puppy.

The cancer
would not relent, and yet
the boy's eyes were brighter than before
and he never cried another day.  The puppy
snuggled when he slept and licked his face;
played gently other times
with the boy.

When the boy
passed on while he slept, the
puppy knew and whined, parents wept.  In
tears a younger brother took the pup, who shut up
and licked away that boy's tears.  Wiping
grief away, replacing
it with love.

(c) Lawrencealot - May 7,2012


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