Trimeric
\tri-(meh)-rik\ n: a four stanza poem in which the first stanza has four lines
and the
last three stanzas have three lines each, with the first line of each
repeating
the
respective line of the first stanza.
The
sequence of lines, then, is abcd, b – -, c – -, d – -.
There is
no line length, meter, or rhyme requirement or prohibition.
Example Poem
Whisky Works
He zig-zagged up the
steep hill
much too drunk to
walk a line.
Winter weather laid
down a chill
with ice on that
steep incline.
Much too drunk to
walk a line
he headed home, had
time still.
Unless he fell he'd
be fine.
Winter weather laid
down a chill
as he staggered up
the hill.
He'd make it;
he had the will.
With ice on that
steep incline-
(he had lots of time
to kill)
his
anti-freeze worked just fine.
© Lawrencealot -
April 29, 2012
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