The power of 3 to the power of 3

Write a tritriplicata poem with your creative prompt this week

Four years ago this month, I published an article calling all poets to try a new poetic form. A form I had created. Many did, and I have since written many a poem in this form. I called it the tritriplicata because it has 3x3x3(27)  syllables in it. I know, the name is not easy, but I didn't find something better, yet.

I created this form out of a small frustration with haiku. I really liked the syllable restrictions that form offered, but sometimes the nature reference was not completely what I was looking for. And then there are the self-proclaimed haiku experts who always find a way to tell you how your poem is not a real haiku and you should not call it that. So, I made my own form. My rules, of which one is that you can bend them to your will if you think that makes your poem better.