Tritina - a Poetry Sister post for Poetry Friday

[kellyrfineman]

April's challenge among my poetry sisters was the tritina, a poetic form that is essentially a mini-sestina. Like the sestina, which I defined and described in this post from last year, the tritina relies on the use of repeating end words and a sort of folding pattern.

Assuming that your end words are one, two and three, here is the order of use:

Comments

[ext_3179592]

I hope you DO explore this further, Kelly---there's richness in colors and in emotions and in poetry and they entwine so well. Maybe a tritina for each emotion/color?

My favorite here is how you describe the absence of hope as putty, hard to scrape off---both the tangible feel of putty and the bland color of putty, together, are just...right.

[kellyrfineman]

Putty showed up almost unbidden, insistent on its inclusion, so I'm glad someone else agrees is was right. And I really liked that "silence comes in colors" notion, and still WILL play with it more.

[ext_830274]

"sweet the colors, warm or cold, when there’s hope."

This line pulls it all together, and opens so many doors. I really love how you have started to explore colors/feelings, and led us here.

[kellyrfineman]

Aw, thanks!

I love the idea of sickly green putty.

[ext_709338]

I think the envoi must be ONE, TWO, THREE because the poem should come full circle, I think. This is such a slippery form, but you managed to pin it down. I think I may try another one of these, or the sestina form again -- it bears delving into, as you said!

Re: I love the idea of sickly green putty.

[kellyrfineman]

I like the idea of 1, 2, 3 as well, but have seen it otherwise repeatedly, so . . . I mentioned the option.

[ext_3178165]

The greening swell of hope -- YES. I love this poem, Kelly. It is so visceral and it begs to be read aloud....

[kellyrfineman]

Thanks, Liz!

response

[ext_1565055]

I love the creativity of using colors with these words, and in your poem, the change of attention to "cold". It all depends on the feelings, doesn't it?

Re: response

[kellyrfineman]

Thank you, Linda!