TRIMERIC

       A trimeric poem contains 13 lines which break into 4 stanzas (4, 3, 3, 3, line).  Line 2 of stanza 1 must start stanza 2; line 3 must start stanza 3; and line 4 must start the 4th and final stanza.  There are no rules regarding rhythm, rhyme, or line length.   Meter and rhyme may be used if desired.  The poem should be given a title.

Here's am example:

Age in Heaven

I keep wondering
how will friends and family look up there
when I get to heaven?
Pray God it's not the other place.

How will friends and family look up there
in that ever-pleasant paradise?
How old will they appear?

When I get to heaven,
I'll glance about with great interest,
hoping not to see any elderly.

Pray God it's not the other place
where we're bound to appear old
and haggard, tortured by pain.

F. Bruce

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