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darkness, feelings, God, life, light, musings, night, poem, poems, poetries, poetry, ponderings, Sharmishtha (trisha) basu, Sharmishtha Basu, star, thoughts, trios-par-huit, writings
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The Trois-par-Huit was created by Lorraine M. Kanter.
Trois-par-Huit (Three-by-Eight or Octa-Tri for short), a poem containing three stanzas of 3, 3 and 2 lines OR 3, 2 and 3 lines: 8 lines total with a syllable count of 3, 6, 9, 12, 12, 9, 6, 3. The rhyming pattern is AAB BBC CC where the last line is the title of the poem and summarizes the meaning of the poem. *Note: These poems are to appear center aligned.
3A
6A
9B
12B
12B
9C
6C
3C
I love the opening lines; they mirror another of your recent poems: the ‘true grit’ — have you seen the film btw — the strength that will not cower; did I show true grit in the library or just high handedness?