A Crow is not supposed to be a scarecrow! Is it?
I mean, wouldn't it attract other crows, not scare them?

This fellow was on exhibit near the front door of the Minnesaota Arboretum. I thought he was pretty cool.

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 wordsRepeat 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 a rhyme scheme. Thre is no limit to the number of stanzas, but 3 is most common.

For this poem, I chose 4 stanzas, with a varying rhyme scheme because I was intrigued with the number of things you could do with it. So, here are the schemes I used:
Stanza 1: aabbccc
Stanza 2: aabbbbb
Stanza 3: aaabbbb
Stanza 4: aabbccc

This photograph was taken by the author in October, 2014.

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