Today at d’Verse Poetics, Mary is our pubkeeper. She has introduced us to the Trimeric Poetic form – a lovely and adaptable form. Come visit us to find out more about this form and read the poems submitted. I hope you will be inspired to try your own and link it up! http://dversepoets.com/2015/10/08/meeting-the-bar-trimeric-form/
The Full Moon is the Watchdog
The full moon is the watchdog
Guarding the shadows of night –
muted leaves whisper
Secrets to the listening wind.
Guarding the shadows of night
The moon gazes as the cold wind
ripples fallen leaves on the empty road.
Muted leaves whisper
And are echoed by drowsy crickets
and a family of sleepy owls.
Secrets to the listening breeze
Are murmured by the pewter creek
Sleep walking through silver reeds.
Andō Hiroshige 1797 – 1858 Full Moon and Reeds
kanzen sakura 
Oct 08, 2015 @ 23:59:34
Love the muted leaves being echoed by the crickets. Lovely (as usual) 🙂
Oct 09, 2015 @ 00:12:33
Thank you! I’ve missed seeing you about. Good to read you again.
Oct 09, 2015 @ 00:58:31
Oh I so love the moonscape yo describe, so serene that whisper and gentle sounds of crickets an owls.
Oct 09, 2015 @ 01:15:27
This IS a lovely form! And you’ve written a lovely poem 🙂
Oct 09, 2015 @ 01:17:42
Thank you! I was watching Heroes Reborn and thought of you when Katana Girl,Miko, came on the scene. How fun would she be to cosplay?
Oct 09, 2015 @ 01:21:27
OMIGOSH!!! She is so cool. And bonus points to me not having to wear a wig because I’m terrible at wigs. !!!! Thank you!!!
Oct 09, 2015 @ 18:13:46
Yes she is. and such a tiny thing. I wish she would ditch Ren. So far, he is such a doink. When I do my daily sword forms, I’ve taken to wearing my hair a la Miko..grin. My husband laughs at it. If you go to the d’verse page and looking d’Team, you’ll find a backwards pic of me with my grey hair in much prominence with my sterling sakura hairstick in my hair. I guess it is silly for an oldster like me wearing my hair a la Miko but I can’t resist.
Oct 09, 2015 @ 03:04:18
I like this form! I like this poem too 🙂 Thanks for sharing – I’m off to try it out 🙂
Oct 09, 2015 @ 18:10:45
I’m glad you liked this form. Mary at d’Verse introduced us to it. If you like it, click the link to come to the page to learn more about and access the link she gives to the person who created it. It puts me in mind of cascading haiku, especially if you write a starting stanza that has a seasonal word in each line . I hope you do try it!
Oct 09, 2015 @ 18:38:40
A little bit like a solo
Oct 09, 2015 @ 19:30:38
Yes it is.
Oct 11, 2015 @ 00:39:45
Sorry for my earlier cryptic reply – I meant to say- this is a bit like a solo Renga 🙂
Oct 09, 2015 @ 03:35:49
love the scenic beauty and the whispers of the leaves….a beautiful trimeric….
Oct 09, 2015 @ 05:22:38
You make a lovely picture with your words.
Oct 09, 2015 @ 06:26:42
This is a lovely way to use the trimeric form. The piece of art you have used to illustrate your poem is beautiful.
Oct 09, 2015 @ 18:07:11
Thank you on both counts. I know it is hard to believe but I have a fondness for Japanese prints/woodblocks. 🙂
Oct 09, 2015 @ 22:27:11
I do too and I love ink brush painting – both Japanese and Chinese.
Oct 10, 2015 @ 16:05:20
I bought brushes, ink sticks, and paper last year and have been learning. I’m not good with that sort of thing but it is fun to try. The ink sticks I bought are incredibly, scented with sandalwood. I love to make ink from them because of that. Wonderful quality that for the price amazed me.
Oct 10, 2015 @ 16:59:19
How lovely. Ihave one brush and an ink stick with a little ceramic dish too. I like using Cinese ink too but like you aren’t much good. It is very relaxing and meditative to try though. I wish I could do calligraphy. 🙂
Oct 10, 2015 @ 18:16:39
I do too! A friend has tried for years and finally admitted I was only handy with cooking, handyman stuff and my sword work. That’s fine with me!
Oct 10, 2015 @ 20:40:04
Wow – sword work sounds incredible. I love watching Japanese martial arts when they are done with calm intention.
Oct 10, 2015 @ 21:12:03
It is calm intention, part of daily meditation. I’ve done this for the last 25 years. I love it.
Oct 10, 2015 @ 21:14:51
wonderful.
Oct 09, 2015 @ 07:47:10
I love those whispering of secrets by breeze, creek and reeds under the watchful eyes of the moon ~ A lovely trimeric Toni ~
Oct 09, 2015 @ 18:06:18
Thank you Grace!
Oct 09, 2015 @ 07:55:17
A peaceful and restful scene written very well in Trimeric form! Love ‘sleep walking through silver reeds.’ I think your talents with language transfer well from your love of haiku form into the trimeric! Smiles.
Oct 09, 2015 @ 18:15:29
Thank you! This really is a lovely form and I am so thankful for you for introducing it to us.
Oct 09, 2015 @ 08:09:47
You really painted a scene for us to enjoy, kanzensakura. I think the last stanza is my favorite.
Oct 09, 2015 @ 18:14:51
Thank you. It is mine as well. I’m glad to see you! I hope you are doing well and studies are well.
Oct 09, 2015 @ 18:57:32
I am doing fine, thank you!
Oct 09, 2015 @ 08:41:31
Such a magical trimeric Toni 🙂 you really aced this form!
Beautifully penned.
Lots of love,
Sanaa
Oct 09, 2015 @ 18:06:02
Thank you for your very kind words.
Oct 09, 2015 @ 09:50:39
Love all the small details. I somehow feel a hush as the moon observes earth with droopy eyes. The crickets are drowsy in their sawing and hardly make a sound. 🙂 ❤ ❤ A magnificent picture again.
Oct 09, 2015 @ 18:04:23
Yes they are. I love writing about the night.
Oct 09, 2015 @ 20:19:21
It shows, Toni. It shows. ❤ ❤
Oct 09, 2015 @ 10:19:57
by the pewter creek
through silver reeds….. so lovely, the mood of the whole thing is soothing.
Oct 09, 2015 @ 18:03:48
Thank you. I am an insomniac and often write about the night. I am lmost always alone as I sit outside or walk about. It is a soothing time for me.
Oct 09, 2015 @ 12:25:46
Beautiful imagery! The last stanza is stunning.
Oct 09, 2015 @ 18:02:34
Thank you! It is my favorite of the three as well I was really pleased with it.
Oct 09, 2015 @ 17:57:16
Just beautiful, Toni–a trimeric with the feel of Japan, of course! I’m smiling because mine has pewter in it, too.
Oct 09, 2015 @ 18:00:51
Great minds! The three lined stanzas put me very much in mind of Japanese poetry. I often write about night because I am an insomniac and sit outside or walk about in every kind of weather.
Oct 09, 2015 @ 21:34:57
Very beautiful.
Oct 09, 2015 @ 21:36:27
Thank you!
Oct 09, 2015 @ 23:48:51
oh yes! this is dreamy.
Oct 10, 2015 @ 16:03:01
🙂 Thank you..
Oct 10, 2015 @ 18:44:01
Lots of responses; nice to see. You give us the gift of an Asian perspective in ways that are so subtle & beautiful, it makes my stuff, as the Viscount of Verbosity, seem
obese & clunky; I agree with Mary, the last stanza is killer.
Oct 10, 2015 @ 21:23:05
We all have our styles and voice. You gave voice to deep and true feelings with sincerity. I often wish to have more words. But Japanese spareness and wabi sabi are my style and voice. I write the way I use my sword and looked at the trimeric as cascading haiku. I love that last verse as well. I may trim it to be haiku or expand to be tanka. I was told in a comment last year my poetry was insipid and had no meaning. It hurt but I accept that I am not a poetic Samurai. That’s your task Glenn. Fight on.
Oct 13, 2015 @ 09:56:31
Absolutely lovely trimeric poem.
Oct 13, 2015 @ 14:57:28
Thank you!