The Kerf

• The Kerf is a verse form in tercets and is attributed to Marie Adams.

The Kerf is:
○ a poem in 12 lines made up of 4 tercets.
○ syllabic, 6-7-10 per line.
○ rhymed, rhyme scheme abc abc dec dec.


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My Thanks to Judi Van Gorder for the wonderful resource at PMO


My Example Poem

If She Says "What ?" (The Kerf)

You could be wrong, you know,

and perhaps you could be right,

and either way it seldom matters much.

You never need to show

your correctness out of spite.

Conceding may help keep you out of dutch.

If your wife should say "What",

when your statement's barely out,

it's possible, you're somehow out of touch.

Try this to save your butt!

"That's Fred's thinking- I'm in doubt.

I wonder darlin', what you think of such?"

© Lawrencealot - March 28, 2014

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