Poetry
and love for verse you see,
Does it begin the first time you start?
For the written verse is really considered art,
and will it then forever be in one’s true heart?
It’s in the asylum of the soul!
May fill a void or hole,
in your soul.
Copyright © 2006 Robert L. Huntsman
Author notes
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.
Written May 15th, 2006
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Nice! I enjoy form poetry. I find it very channeling and organizing! Thank you for sharing this and I like the explanation of the form in your author's notes.
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Well, that is somthing to muse about...
Good entry to the contest, and this Trois-Par-Huit poem is very good, following every rule of the form. Thanks for sharing this with us. You have my applause, and I wish you best of luck in the contest! Jim
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Hi Bob, hope all is well with you, I didnt see you on AP for sometime now and was beginning to wonder if you had left, and on second thoughts hoping all is okay with you.
I have written only one in this form and I dont think I did even half as good as this one! But you're an ace!
Love and light,
Lencio -
Thank you for the kind review. They are not hard at all
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P.S. Last comment from funpum
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Dear itllnever,
I enjoyed this poem. Sometimes I try to write in a particular form, but don't often get there! However I do find a straightjacket strangely opens up my imagination, so that I get a poem, even if not in the form I started! -
Thank you for your kind review.
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I like the double meaning this poem can take. REading, as well as writing, poetry, can fill something in the soul. Your poem can be read both ways. Brilliant work.
I love this idea. When a true poet manages to express something so clearly and beautifully, that you vividly grasp and identify with what he's saying, it fills the purpose of both the reading and the writing.
And I want to thank you for your in-depth explanations on form that you include in every author's comment. It's so nice (for form-crazy people like me, anyway) to know exactly how to correctly write a new form right away once I have encountered it.
Keep writing.
Alisia -
A very interesting form, Ive never heard of it nor tried it but with your directions I just might. Your poem is simply beautiful, I see you have a wonderful talent, thank you for sharing it with us
Suzanne -
Thank you for another fine review.
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This is so lovely. You're an excellent poet. I didn't even ever hear of this forum.
It's very nice and I counted the syllables again just in case! 
Lovely. Good job. 
-Cory
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WELL HERE IS ANOTHER ON THAT LOOKS EASY!! LOLwill try and test my powers to word it to syllables, your testing my strength and its not showing any at this point, you are fantastic in these forms, thank you for sharing and best wishes..
Linda -
love this poem so full of emotions, art you have wrote here in these words !!!
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Thank you for the vote of confidence.
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I have a great idea dear Robert: why don't you take part in your contest? I'm sure you'll win all the trophies.
Shahrzad
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For me ...poetry is the bearing of my soul. It is a good way to let out all that stays hidden within the cobwebs of my mind. While getting out the pain and emotions, it somehow fills me up with satisfaction. That is what your poem brought out in me. Yes, it is an art to write such as this.
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Thank you Sonja.
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Thank you for this nice explanation as well as a nice verses. I will try to do the same
~Sonja~
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