Nightly Tale (Trois-par-Huit)

by Lonely Rider   Aug 31, 2011


Summer bloom,
soaked in grey moonlit gloom,
among sighs of eerie copper sky.

Slowly rises dawn, sweeping off darkness thereby,
splashing infectious smiles weaving purple reply,

dew drops await in lingering veil,
whispering in detail,
nightly tale.

**Trois-par-Huit (Three-by-Eight or Octa-Tri for short), a poem containing three stanzas of 3, 3 and 2 lines OR 3, 2 and 3 lines: 8 lines total with a syllable count of 3, 6, 9, 12, 12, 9, 6, 3. The rhyming pattern is AAB BBC CC where the last line is the title of the poem and summarizes the meaning of the poem. *Note: These poems are to appear center aligned.

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  • 12 years ago

    by Meena Krish

    I liked this form when you introduced it the very first time and have been trying to do one but it just does not work out the way you have penned it! Liked the read very much!

  • 12 years ago

    by TJ Arizona Eagle

    I've missed your poems and the internal beauty of each word. You've only gotten better since I have been gone.

  • 12 years ago

    by RSJ

    You've done a very perfect job with this poem, its in no way easy to come up with ideas for such a poem, yet you've done a magnificent job, the rhyming scheme was unbelievably good. Worth the full grade :)

  • 12 years ago

    by Cinnamonspice

    I wish I had read this before I used my votes. I'm blown away at the beauty , the imagery and the absolute talent shown in this poem.

    You have now been added to my favorites so I won't miss a thing > Brillliant

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