I took some inspiration from Ephesians again for this one.
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A blackout poem on the Trinity (a poem)
This is the first time I’ve tried a blackout poem. They work by taking a page of text and then blacking it out until only the remaining words give you the poem.
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Three haikus on the Trinity (a poem)
It’s said that it’s hard to pack anything of substance into such a short poetry form. (Haikus are a Japanese type of poem with three lines. The first has five syllables, the second seven, and the third five.) To be sure, it’s not easy, but it can be done.
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Three limericks on the Trinity (a poem)
Something a little more light-hearted this week.
It’s said that Trinity Sunday is also called ‘Heresy Sunday’ because so many ‘explanations’ on the Trinity fall into one heresy or another.
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A palindrome poem on the Trinity (a poem)
Also called “reverse” poems, palindrome poems are ones where the lines are read forwards and then again backwards.
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A villanelle on the Trinity (a poem)
Yes, “villanelle” is both a name and a type of poem.
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A sestina on the Trinity (a poem)
With this poem, I had two goals — and failed at both.
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