A Tritern? I’m not sure if the poetic form of today’s poem I wrote today for the #poemadayfeb challenge, has an actual name, but Tritern is my attempt at giving it one, if it doesn’t already have one. It is a poetic form based a little on the Quatern (details for that style below)
Tritern:
9 lines, broken into 3 stanzas of three lines each
Each line has 9 syllables
The first line of the poem is the refrain,
In second stanza the refrain is the second line
In third (final) stanza refrain is final (third) line.
Rhyming or non rhyming as poet wishes.
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This is the Quatern: it has 16 lines broken up into 4 quatrains (or 4-line stanzas).
- Each line is comprised of eight syllables.
- The first line is the refrain. In the second stanza, the refrain appears in the second line; in the third stanza, the third line; in the fourth stanza, the fourth (and final) line.
- There are no rules for rhyming or iambics.
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OK, now onto my poem for the 20th of February 2019, based on/inspired by, thinking about people who are good people, but have been beaten down by life. They will brush themselves down, get up and give it another try, because they want to be the kind of person they would like and respect.
Life’s journey can be a difficult one, a marathon of rough terrain, but crossing the winning line in front of others is a fail, if you cross the line in a helicopter.
The theme is ‘Last’
Who are the Losers?
Coming last, losing, beaten by all,
humiliated, defeated, but
isn’t just trying, better than not?
If you won’t try, you shouldn’t mock those
coming last. Losing, beaten by all,
but winners ‘cos they gave it their best.
Life isn’t fair, and many will cheat,
& cheaters all fail at being good –
coming last, losing, beaten by all!
Carolyn Cordon - Creative 