General Poetry posted January 3, 2016 Chapters:  ...123 124 -125- 126... 


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Interlinked Novetrains

A chapter in the book Family

A Precious Gift

by Treischel




Our children are a precious gift.
They are so sweet in every way.
Their vigor is our soul's uplift.
Our children are a precious gift.
Could they stay little every day?
We wish their childhood would last.
They learn so quickly, grow so fast.
Our children are a precious gift.
They are so sweet in every way.

They learn so quickly, grow so fast.
It seems to happen in a blink.
These special days spin right on past,
They learn so quickly, grow so fast,
Much faster than you'd ever think.
Enjoyment comes with every toy,
Their innocence can bring such joy.
They learn so quickly, grow so fast.
It seems to happen in a blink.

Their innocence can bring such joy.
It's such a pleasure just to see,
In every little girl and boy,
Their innocence can bring such joy,
But shorter than it's thought to be.
It lasts for such a tiny span,
Be sure, enjoy it while you can.
Their innocence can bring such joy.
It's such a pleasure just to see.

Be sure, enjoy it while you can.
Before you know they're grown and gone,
The girls to women, boys to man,
Be sure, enjoy it while you can.
These mem'ries keep our heartstrings drawn.
Don't let the moments go adrift.
Our children are a precious gift.
Be sure, enjoy it while you can.
Before you know they're grown and gone.





These two are my grandchildren Isaac and Skylah playing on the floor, absorbed in investigating their toys. I love to watch children play and to see how they think and learn. It is a precious gift. Of course they do have their moments that they aren't so sweet. But don't we all?

This poem is a set of Interlinked Novetrains (Novem is Latin for nine, so these are 9 line stanzas). I put this together using some of the atributes of a Triolet with its ABaAabAB rhyme scheme. You'll see that echoed in lines 1-4, and then again in 8 and 9. The interlink occurs on line 7, which repeats in the next stanza and brings along its rhyme. Then in the Last stanza, I brought back the A line and rhyme from the first stanza. The rhyme scheme is:
ABaAbcCAB - CDcCdeECD - EFeEfGEF - GHgGhaAGH.
The capital letters indicate the repeated lines.

This photograph was taken by my daughter Aisha with her cell phone.
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