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.

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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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