Trolaan, created by Valerie
Peterson Brown, is a poem consisting of 4
quatrains.
Each
quatrain begins with the same letter. The rhyme scheme is abab.
Starting
with the second stanza you use the second letter of the first line of the first
stanza to write the second each line beginning with that letter.
On
the third stanza you will use the second letter on the first line of the second
stanza and write the third each line beginning with that letter.
On
the fourth stanza you will use the second letter on the first line of the third
stanza and write the fourth each line beginning with that letter.
There is no mandatory line length or meter specified. (Added)
Example #1:
Distraught Blessings
Desire the sound or hope,
deluding minds in darkness.
Daunting though its scope,
deluged now with the access.
Elope into the morrow,
envelope me with song.
Enclose me now in sorrow
easing against the throng.
Longing for succulent prospect,
laying waste to eager night,
Lopsided in neglect,
listless with delight.
Only now will I protest,
owning nothing less.
Opening now I detest,
one more time to bless….
Copyright © 2008 Valerie Peterson Brown
Desire the sound or hope,
deluding minds in darkness.
Daunting though its scope,
deluged now with the access.
Elope into the morrow,
envelope me with song.
Enclose me now in sorrow
easing against the throng.
Longing for succulent prospect,
laying waste to eager night,
Lopsided in neglect,
listless with delight.
Only now will I protest,
owning nothing less.
Opening now I detest,
one more time to bless….
Copyright © 2008 Valerie Peterson Brown
My example poem
In Sincerity, One
Word or Two (Trolaan)
Don't you now know I
love you so?
Did I not tell you
many times?
Do leaves not rustle
when wind blows?
Devotion I spell out
in rhymes.
Oh Sweetheart, never
doubt my love.
Other young ladies
hit on me.
Occasionally I will
sort of
Omit offending,
don't you see?
How can you feel
demeaned, my sweet?
Harangues are not
required at all.
Heaven knows they
are not as neat.
Have trust! I love
you most of all.
Open relationship
are fun.
Of course I only
play around
on those times I am
with someone.
Otherwise, it's with
you I'm found.
© Lawrencealot -
July 7, 2013
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