TRISTICH VERSE

INTRO This short blog identifies some of the popular tristich(3 line) verse

TRISTICH PARALLEL

THRENOS 

HIKU&HAIKU-IN-ENGLISH 

SEPTIMAL

FORM:4:3:2

 
TRISTICH PARALLEL VERSE(Inspired by Hebrew Biblical parallels)

 it comprises  L1 theme L2 ECHO of theme L3 Punchline/observation

You may hear  me recite my poetry tristich and more of much of my  poetry on youtube under my pen name ichthyschiro

EXAMPLES OF MY TRISTICH PARALLEL POETRY

A TRISTICH TRIO
an unexpected guest arrives,
the daily routine is upset-
cancer leaves its calling card
........
tears begin to fall.
emotion becomes a flood-
a cataract of regret flows
.......
a realisation dawns,
fleeting thoughts crystallize-
as 'as is' moment of hope is born 

  THRENOS

EGO TRIP 

 Me,me my forever sigh-

 will insecurity die 

in an hedonistic cry ? 

 Inspired by Will Shakespeare's Threnos tristich form 7:7:7 

  HIKU HAIKU-IN-ENGLISH 

 HIKU

 is a relatively recent reference to the 75year old established haiku in English. Hiku being an imagist tristich like its elder cousin,without a title,and with a similar economy of words ,inherently enigmatic & with a caesura or an ellipsis and surprise ending. A similar sense of pause ,the aesthetic insight flowing from perception gained from 'one breath length ' composition that flowed from the Japanesese 17 onji sound inherent in the Japaneses haiku.

 Without 'invented' syllabic( 5-7-5 ) line restrictions of the 'haiku in english 'is the 'free verse' version of the '5:7:5 haiku in English'. similar but different ,a present tense poetic ,the - hiku is the written or recited equivalent to arts 'gestural spontaneous happening' .

  Creativity the key in a verse freed from strict syllabic constraint within its triplicity of format(tristich)& yet inherently enigmatic & often with a caesura and surprise ending( VERSUM )to give a 'turning' to the line. The flexible hiku maybe a horizontal single* line,(often broken line at the caesura),a vertical line(usually a painting(haiga) ,a couplet** or a tristich* with shape-like variations. 

 hiku tristich examples 

 he dusted the album- 

a memory of love

 trickled down his cheek

 (HAIKU OF COURSE) is a centuries old Japanese traditional phonetical & cultural poetic form of seventeen onji phonetic -not a syllabic seasonal tristich 

  SEPTIMAL

SEPTIMAL light witty tristich with seven syllables & an integral title 

 COME CLOSER 

 was Seurat 

making

 a point 

 ART TROUVE 

lost & found

 upon 

the beach

  FORM 4:3:2 

 FORM:4:3:2 letter diminished tristich & integral one word title 

 ANTHOLOGY

 odes 

 for 

 me