WD Poetic Form Challenge: Tritina
I'm so excited for this WD Poetic Form Challenge, because it's like the sestina, but it's much shorter. For some, this may make it easier; for others, maybe not. So what are the rules of this form?
The tritina is composed of 3 tercets and a final line that stands alone. Like the sestina, it uses a set of alternating end words--in this case three--with the pattern illustrated below.
Here's the end word pattern of a tritina:
A
B
C
C
A
B
B
C
A
(ABC)
The final line contains all three end words (in any order).
The deadline for this challenge is January 31 at 11:59 p.m. (Atlanta, Georgia, time). Tritinas should be added in the comments below. On February 1, I'll grab and start judging.
The top tritina will make it into a future issue of Writer's Digest magazine as an illustration of the form in my Poetic Asides column.
So pick 3 good words and get poeming!