Author Notes
I took my grandson to see the dinosaur exhibit at the Minneapolis Convention Center in December, 2012. They had several animatronic displays. It was fun and impressive. This poem is inspired by this photograph of one of the exhibits of two Raptors attacking a Saurolophus.
This poem is a Trinet.
A Trinet is a type of poem that keys off of word count rather than syllable count. It is written with the following format: first two lines have two words, the next two lines have six words, the final three lines have two words each. So, the Trinet, created by zion, is a form with these specifications:
Line 1 - 2 words
Line 2 - 2 words
Line 3 - 6 words
Line 4 - 6 words
Line 5 - 2 words
Line 6 - 2 words
Line 7 - 2 words
Repeat this pattern 2 more times (Thus the Tri or three requirement), if centered correctly it provides visual impact.
There is no requirement to rhyme or for meter, but I thought this layout begs for the following rhyme scheme that I used here of:
aabbccc.
This photograph was taken by the author himself.
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