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A terzanelle poem is a form of poetry (combination of the villanelle and the terza rima) made up of 19 lines, five triplets, and a quatrain at the end, but there is more to a terzanelle. What is terzanelle in poetry (complete definition)?
The Road of WritingWhen the road is rough along the way
Writing leads us to speak and to feel
A place to be free with words on display
A place to connect with what is real
Where the heart can open with...
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inspirational, motivation, writing,
Form: Terzanelle
Flame That Warms Me
Your face so live and strong, mind that reads me
Gentleness you showed me, strength that braces
Torch of cobblestone walls, flame that warms me
Through the years, kept me in your embraces
Wings over troubled times, cloaked and...
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inspiration, light, strength,
Form: Terzanelle
Bright New YearIn fresh cold air where the sun rules the sky,
It’s a bright New Year, dreams sparkling in snow
Across the valley, the reasons to try
Try things to believe in, enjoy and to show
Pain melts with new...
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Categories:
appreciation, inspirational, time,
Form: Terzanelle
RoswellThis is the story I would never tell
A day that would change everything
When I crashed into Roswell
A malfunction with the wiring
They found me in a farmer’s field
A day that would change everything
I tried to hide...
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Categories:
sad,
Form: Terzanelle
On Looking at a DaliAn exquisite drawing in pen and ink,
Though I’m not a fan of the likes of Dali
Allow me the luxury of having to think.
Some I look at and exclaim, “Golly!”
If I am not a fan, I...
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Categories:
appreciation, art, perspective,
Form: Terzanelle
On SighingSighing is one of life’s simpler pleasures
So often taken for granted, it appears,
It replaces many less desirable measures.
For example, learning a bill is in arrears
One can merely sigh and lay the matter aside,
So often taken...
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Categories:
how i feel, perspective,
Form: Terzanelle
A Poor Boy Peeps Into A FairIt's a fantasy-fair; great games in thread
Some in merry-go-rounds flow in full swing
He stands, smiling and laughing, eyes wide spread
Some, in hope-doubt smiles, to shoot balloons, ding
Some ride on camels as on a true war
Some...
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Categories:
6th grade, poverty,
Form: Terzanelle
There lived a manThere lived a man, in a village ancient
With sagely wisdom like fire-borne gold
With mountainous virtues he stood patient
To hold on to his beliefs he was bold
Each test of his life he daringly bore
With sagely wisdom...
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Categories:
humanity, life,
Form: Terzanelle
Like Pleasant Petrichor"Recently scenes of early life have stolen into my mind, like breezes blown... " ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Sweet memories pop up, and linger as petrichor, oftentimes
prompting me to slide down the evergreen joys of past
where,...
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Categories:
childhood, memory,
Form: Terzanelle
Pleading With Love
My heart was beating, pleading
With love to never leave me
My heart was beating, pleading
Heaven first – she can see
The reason that I besought
With love to never leave me
It feels this dream was for naught
After the...
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Categories:
feelings, happiness, heart, longing,
Form: Terzanelle
School Annual Fall FestivalAll the children were excited, climbing the walls
Time for Annual Fall Festival at Crabbe Elementary
Corn shocks and jack-o’-lanterns decorated the halls.
The public invited, so at the door stood a sentry
Checking identification and issuing free...
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Categories:
community, fun, october, school,
Form: Terzanelle
Mother No More"recently scenes of early life have stolen into my mind, like breezes blown ..."
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Categories:
death, life, mother, relationship,
Form: Terzanelle
Apocalyptic FuryLest the moon tip over and spill the blood,
With apocalyptic fury signaling the climax
In history as in the days of old Noah’s flood,
When the earth resettles like paraffin wax,
Forming new boundaries in the land and...
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Categories:
conflict, earth, fantasy, future,
Form: Terzanelle
Fun With Friends"recently scenes of early life have stolen into my mind, like breezes blown ..."
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Categories:
childhood, friendship, fun,
Form: Terzanelle
Murmeration of StarlingsMurmuration of Starlings
On a sudden moment in the evening sky
A cloud that rises, swirls and swirls again
A murmeration of Starlings...
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Categories:
bird, flying,
Form: Terzanelle
Specific Types of Terzanelle Poems
Definition | What is Terzanelle in Poetry?