Reason A. Poteet Poet Sonnet

Anniversary Phone Calls

trilonnet 

Two thousand seven was the first
of "seventeenth" phone calls he's made.
"Hello, what cha doing?" his line.

Each month our computers coerce
with rapt attention we persuade
our faces and minds to entwine.

The conversation unrehearsed
we Skype as two friends on crusade
to prove that our thoughts still align.

As the day approaches, I thirst
for updates on his escapades.
The seventeenth is by design.  

March seventeenth is our birthday -
Pat, my twin, lives in Paraguay.


written 28 March, 2016

A trilonnet is a form of poetry, created by Shelley A. Cephas.   A type of sonnet it is a 14-line poem divided into four tercets followed by a couplet.  The tercets are unrhymed but the couplet is rhymed.  The tercets use a linked rhyme scheme, rather than rhyming within themselves.  Two patterns of linking rhyme are suggested:  Form 1:   ABC  ABC  ABC  ABC  DD  or  Form 2:  ABC  CBA   ABC   CBA   DD. Iambic tetrameter or iambic pentameter is suggested.

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Bernardo F. Asuncion August 11, 2018 at 12:47 AM Such a well crafted form of poetry, Reason..... Please read my new poem RADIANT EARLINESS.... Thanks..... Reason A. Poteet August 12, 2018 at 5:36 AM Thanks Bernard, you are kind to dig up an old poem in my database. I’ll have a look-see-read.

Timothy Hicks April 2, 2016 at 12:49 AM Yes, I have played Zelda in my childhood: Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Twilight Princess etc., ... it's the first time I've ever heard the word "ocarina" actually. I loved the instrument enough to buy it online ... can only play a couple songs however. Reason A. Poteet April 3, 2016 at 9:54 PM Tim, keep working on it from time to time. This week, tackled a project that has been in my closet for thirty years...a quilt my mother-in-law started, she had hand quilted about half of it and then quit. I vowed when I went through her stuff in 1987 when she died that I would finish it someday...and it will become a reality this coming week.

Timothy Hicks March 30, 2016 at 6:55 PM I've never heard of this poetry form, but I once wrote a lyric that followed a similar ABCABC rhyme scheme in the chorus. Really unique, thanks for sharing it. I find it interesting how twins tend to have similar interests ... though of course that's not always the case.

Jan Allison March 28, 2016 at 2:35 PM Great write - I've never seen this form before Reason :-) hugs Jan xx Jan Allison March 28, 2016 at 2:44 PM Shadow poetry is a great site for finding forms and I am told it far more accurate than the soup form information:-) hugs jan xx Reason A. Poteet March 28, 2016 at 2:43 PM thanks, Jan. I found it at Shadow Poetry.