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Black Narcissus Tercet Rima

If you think that you are ready, And you’re feeling rather heady, Then this just might be the ticket that you need. Unlike onomatopoeia, It’s the meter that will see ya To the proper beat that others soon will read. For if you can get it going, Pretty soon it will be flowing, And your thoughts about the pattern will recede. If you like the way it sounded, And no longer feel confounded, Then it’s likely that you found it, yes, indeed! ————— Although there is some argument over when the form arose, it consists of 3- line stanzas in pairs, with 8/8/11 syllables, and aab:ccb dde:ffe, etc. The meter of the lines is as follows: da da DUM da DUM da DUM da da da DUM da DUM da DUM da da da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM

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Date: 3/23/2023 2:30:00 PM
Found it and it still keeps drumming in my head. Clever and a very entertaining play on form.
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Date: 3/23/2023 4:51:00 AM
Great poem explaining the new form, Jeff, enjoyed:)
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Jeff Kyser
Date: 3/23/2023 9:00:00 AM
Thanks!
Date: 3/22/2023 6:41:00 PM
Thanks for sharing Sir Jeff. :) Cliff
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Clifford Villalon
Date: 3/22/2023 8:03:00 PM
Words just come out spontaneously in a poem. Good and great ideas emanate from weird thinking... thanks for your poems! :)
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Jeff Kyser
Date: 3/22/2023 7:39:00 PM
When I can’t think about anything, I can almost always find some weird form to write about over at poets collective!

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