Day 6 - Tricube

 

Every year I try to share at least one or two, sometimes more, poetic forms that are even new to me, after all these years of running this annual poetry challenge.

I know it’s early – only the sixth day, but I wanted to try something new today – Don’t let the simplicity of this poem fool you. It may be short, but the constraints of this poetry form make it very challenging.

It’s a mathematical poem, of sorts, created by Phillip Larrea.

TRICUBES!!!

Only three rules ~

• Each line contains EXACTLY three syllables.
• Each stanza contains EXACTLY three lines.
• Each poem contains EXACTLY three stanzas.

Just three, three, and three.

So we're kind of talking about 3 to the 3^rd power, three times, right? No other rules – rhyming is not needed, there is no special meter (BUT YOU MUST CHECK YOUR SYLLABLES – ONLY THREE SYLLABLES per line).  

Here's your handy-dandy online syllable counter

It’s surprisingly tricky. Here are a couple I came up with but I’m expecting great things from y’all because every day, you participants never cease to amaze me (I’m mostly seeing them in our closed FB group – you need permission to join) but wonderful poems are offered every day during poetry month, so let’s see what you can do with this. Remember, 3 syllables per line, 3 lines per stanza, 3 stanzas per poem. THE END – if you share a poem with 5 or 6 stanzas or more than 3 syllables per line, I’m sure it would be a nice poem - - - of some sort or another - - - but it wouldn’t be a “tricube.”

Tell me why
Fleeting clouds
Hide the sun
 

It might rain

Maybe not

Wait, a drop 

Angry clouds

Make a fuss

Now I’m soaked

© 2022 Stephanie Abney
 

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Tide rolls in
Squishy sand
Crabs run out
 
Castles built
Sunburned face
Time to go
 
Memories
Made today
Last forever

© 2022 Stephanie Abney

 

                                                         (Image by Vlad Vasnetsov from Pixabay)

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*** Also, if you choose to post your poems on your own blog ~ that’s awesome. But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO THIS BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to share with you. Thanks for respecting my work.