
THIS WEEK’S WORDS come from “Reckless Sonnet No. 8” by Kimiko Hahn: cry, whir, wire, strange, sucking, sap, dusk, sand, towel, argued, left, unlike
the cuckoo chimed its last farewell
strange whiring today
crying and yes, that is a yell
perhaps it’s just the way
time to go and rest for a while
it always has its own style
time to go
time to go
it has given me a smile
the cuckoo chimed its last farewell
it’s like sucking its sap
could be argued that the sand swell
without it place is drab
what was left is an empty box
nothing like a jack-in-the-box
what was left is
what was left is
dusk till dawn, city or boondocks
the cuckoo chimed its last farewell
time to throw its towel
the end of its magic spell
giving us its last howl
we will miss it every hour
like the sound of a bell tower
we will miss it
we will miss it
the shape of its end may lour*
(c) ladyleemanila 2021

The Trijan Refrain, created by Jan Turner, consists of three 9-line stanzas, for a total of 27 lines. Line 1 is the same in all three stanzas, although a variation of the form is not to repeat the same line at the beginning of each stanza. In other words, the beginning line of each stanza can be different. The first four syllables of line 5 in each stanza are repeated as the double-refrain for lines 7 and 8. The Trijan Refrain is a rhyming poem with a set meter and rhyme scheme as follows:
Rhyme scheme: a/b/a/b/c/c/d,d refrain of first 4 words of line five /c
Meter: 8/6/8/6/8/8/4,4 refrain/8

For: https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/09/07/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-poets-choice-2/, https://puttingmyfeetinthedirt.com/2021/09/01/september-2021-writing-prompts/, http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/2021/08/whirligig-333.html
Beautiful poetry, and form as well.
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thank you, Jude 🙂
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Hello, Lady Lee! This is marvelous. I like the rhythm of the Trijan Refrain. Very nice. ❤
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so glad you like it, Colleen ❤
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Always happy to see you, Lady Lee and read your lovely poetry. ❤
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I like that! It almost sounds like one of those “old-fashioned” nursery rhymes that you learn because your grandma sang it to your mom and your mom sang it to you…
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so glad you like it 🙂
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heart touching post
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thank you, Tanvir 🙂
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