Dancing Visions {Trilonnet}

A sight to see, way over there
Across the field from where we view
Faint visions of happiness dance

All the while, in wonder we stare
A light shines on us, that's our cue
But we are paused in this still stance

Gusts of wind start to swipe our hair
Tempting us now, what should we do --
Stand motionless, or take the chance?

Waves of brilliance, a feeling we share
As our vision now bids us adieu
We slowly come out of this trance

I wake up quickly, out of breath
As my dream ends in sudden death.

Briana Coulter
07.10.10

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*Trilonnet, created by Shelley A. Cephas, is a 14-line poem made up of four three-line verses
of 8 syllables (iambic tetrameter) and one rhyming couplet or four three-lined verses of 10
syllables (iambic pentameter) and one rhyming couplet. Each 3 line verse is an unrhymed triplet. Each triplet has a rhyme scheme of abc. It is related
to a sonnet in that it made up of 14 lines. There are 2 rhyme schemes for this form:

abc abc abc abc dd
or
abc cba abc cba dd

This form is written in either iambic tetrameter or iambic pentameter.