Triple Rebel Round

This form was invented her by Rebel_Coyote of AllPoetry.com.

The poem consists of Three 5-line stanzas.

There are two styles,each having a triplet mono-rhyme.

 Version 1:  aaaBB cccBB dddBB
 Version 2:  aaBBB ccBBB ddBBB

Each Stanza has the first three lines of  mono-rhyme, followed by a two line refrain

of a different mono-rhyme.  The refrain occurs in the following two stanzas as well.

The second style is changed only in that it uses a THREE-line Refrain

As in this sample "Let's Write a Triple Rebel Round"

No meter is specified, but tetrameter or pentameter is suggested.

Example Poem

Momma Lost Me

My mother worked at Woolworths five and ten

and she'd let me ride to town now and then.

The bus driver knew where she worked and when.

At five years old the bus ride was great fun.

"Just stay aboard, I'll get you little one."

Nana'd put me on and she'd pay the fare.

When we reach her stop, momma would be there.

Except the time she wasn't anywhere.

At five years old the bus ride was great fun.

"Just stay aboard, I'll get you little one."

We passed the stop-- I 'membered what she said.

The driver winked "Let's see what lies ahead."

Mom found me on our return trip instead.

At five years old the bus ride was great fun.

"Just stay aboard, I'll get you little one."

 (c) Lawrencealot - 2012

Note: This was about 67 years ago in Ogden, Utah

A much safer time and place.  As usual the parent suffers more than the child.

Visual Templates

Compound Word Verse

The Compound Word Verse is a poetry form invented by Margaret R. Smith
that consists of five 3-line stanzas, for a total of 15 lines.
The last line of each stanza ends in a compound word and
these compound words share a common stem word which is taken from the title.
(In the example below the stem word is “snow” from the title “The Unexpected Snow”;
the compound words related
to the title are snowflakes, snowdrifts, snowstorms, etc.)  

The Compound Word Verse has a set rhyme scheme and meter as follows:

Rhyme Scheme: a,a,b
Meter: 8, 8, 3

Example Poem

Dancing in the Rain

Choking on dust-- driving cattle.
Pushin' them home's been a battle.
It's rainless.

A local  Injun decided
he could help so he provided
a  raindance.

I'll be home with my gal to night.
So guess what? It's starting... all right!
Some rainfall.

As I ran from the barn my true
love was running toward me through
a rainstorm.

Dancin' wet together so free;
each damp and hot… today there'll be
no raincheck.

© Lawrencealot - April 17, 2012


Visual Template