○ Alliterative Acrostic Trigee takes the concept of 3 poems in 1 to another level. It was presented as a challenge on a poetry forum. A three in one poem (Trigee), alliterated and the first letter of each line spells a word. Number of lines, meter and rhyme at the discretion of the poet.
Titan by Judi Van Gorde
Tall tasks talk to me . . . . . . . . . .. . . Ten times over I try
in tantamount with the tax . . . . . . . . to temper tradition
tame and trip thought. . . . . . . . . . . . tell a timeless tale
and tender a tome . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . testament of truth
not terse nor tentative but . . . . . . .. . to be tenable to a tempest
Pasted from http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?/topic/1196-three-poems-in-one-verse-form/
My thanks to Judi Van Gorder for years of work on this fine PMO resource.
Related forms: Trick Poetry
How to write one:
1. Pick a word which will become the acrostic seed.
The letters of that word will become successively, the first
letters of each line in the poem. (Usually, also the title.)
2. Select a line-length, and if you are so disposed, also a meter.
3. Divide that line into two more or less equal lengths.
4. Choose rhyme pattern if desired
5. Write away.
My example
Done (Alliterative Acrostic Trigee)
Don’t do it darn it Dad. Darn it Dad, you did it.
One darn drink leads to more; Daddy drank Drambuie
Now smooth and strong is sad, good sense should forbid it.
Enjoy it on the floor! Mommy moaned “Oh phooey.”
© Lawrenealot – September 1, 2014