Treochair

[Tinker]

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Irish Verse

• Treochair (tripe key) is written in accentual syllabic tercets which is a departure from the syllabic quatrains of most dan direach of ancient Irish forms.
  The elements of the Treochair are:
  1. stanzaic, written in any number of tercets.
  2. accentual syllabic 3-7-7 syllables per line, L1 carries 2 stresses, L2 carries 3 stresses, L3 carries 2 stresses.
  3. rhymed, axa bxb cxc ....ending with axa
  4. generously alliterated.
     Saturday Mornings by Mike Montreiul
     
     Waking up
     from the dream of another...
     Come, will you drink from my cup?
     
     A first thought...
     I recognize that odd voice;
     not quite cut from the same cloth.
     
     Elmer Fudd,
     Saturday morning cartoons,
     falling again in the mud.
     
     It's a game...
     I used to remember too,
     waking up, pretending lame.
     
     Make it fast
     was my one favorite wish,
     watching Dad make the breakfast.
     
     My turn now;
     pancakes are made as he did.
     Not enough time for a wow,
     
     Time to go!
     Too many errands need me.
     When will I ever be slow?
     
     Waking up
     from the dream of another...
     Come, will you drink from my cup?