I love to see the intricate patterns of the trees in the winter and spring, as all the branches are exposed, down to the smallest fingers. Especially the oak trees, as their branches spread so majestically. I often shoot photographs of them. I captured these at Harriet Island, which is directly across from downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. Here, you see them framing the Cathedral of St. Paul.

This poem is a Triptic Sonnet.
The Triptic Sonnet is a format that I created, based on my great appreciation of triple lined verse. You see, I like poems that have triple consecutive rhymes. I feel that really brings the rhyme to life. So, I incorporated that here in this Sonnet. The name Triptic derives from the triple scheme.

A Triptic Sonnet has the usual 14 lines, consisting of three quatrains with a rhyming couplet, and a volta at line 9. What distinguishes it is the rhyme scheme and meter. The fist line of each quatrain rhyme with each other, interlinking the stanzas. The next 3 lines of the stanza all ryhme, creating a elegant echo effect. The rhyme scheme is:
abbb accc addd ee
It is written in any iambic meter. I chose iambic tetrameter here (8 syllables, or 4 poetic feet).

This photograph was taken by the author himself on March 6, 2016.

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