Liberation

Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip, 25 August 2018

Trois-par-Huit

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.

 

bonding glue

when was it last that you

held me back from feeling elation

pulling back, blocking self-actualization

flowering inside cocoon suffocation

Stay back! I have now grown wings to fly

to mountain peaks high

Butterfly!

 

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13 thoughts on “Liberation

  1. kaykuala

    Long parted, chances are very slim
    Serious or a whim…
    …Talk with him

    A life history all done wonderfully in a short poetry, Reena! Great!

    Hank

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