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in</figcaption></figure><p id="f74a">“Never give a sucker an even break.”</p><p id="d360">“Anyone who hates children and animals can’t be all bad.”</p><p id="e643">“Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.”</p><p id="ee62"><a href="undefined">Martin Rushton</a> challenged us to write a <b>Tricube Poem</b>, a poetry form introduced by <a href="http://www.pikerpress.com/authors/showauthor.php?aID=153">Phillip Larrea</a>.</p><blockquote id="0b59"><p><b>So how does it work? This very simple mathematical poem creates cubes to the power of three. So you have three stanzas (verses) to a poem, which are each created of three lines. The tricky part, each line must be three syllables.</b></p></blockquote><blockquote id="daa4"><p><b>THREE Syllables to each line. THREE lines to each stanza (verse) THREE stanzas to each poem</b></p></blockquote><blockquote id="352c"><p><b>There are no rules regarding rhyming, meter etc. So go for it!</b></p></blockquote><div id="b84a" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-poetry-x-files-2-71916b05e9bc"> <div> <div> <h2>The Poetry X-Files 2</h2> <div><h3>A weekly look at different poetry forms from the unusual to more common</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*sZX0hOh9JX4PC0lmpIp4EQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="29b9">I wrote an earlier story on the power of three.</p><blockquote id="92c1"><p><b>The maid and the mother And the crone that’s grown old ….“ Hymn To Her,” The Pretenders</b></p></blockquote

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    </div><p id="a68f">I included a cat in the story image because my cat is an expert at conveying total disgust and utmost displeasure by flicking his tail in a particular way. I am grateful that he cannot talk.</p><p id="ea02">In a confusing “sometimes opposite inspire” fashion, the theme of this poem came from a light-hearted, happy comment from <a href="undefined">Lucy (the egg girl)</a> this morning.</p><p id="bf0d" type="7">Here’s hoping that just like your poem, my Monday will be a magic that flowers!</p><p id="9bed">This is her clever<b> “O poem” </b>about orange oversized overalls on a free-spirited schoolgirl.</p><div id="b80c" class="link-block">
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Life is finding fault with everyone

Gripers and Grumblers

No pleasing them

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On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron….H.L. Mencken

Curmudgeon Churlishly Insulting

Grouchy grump Gripes at all Endlessly

Mockery Polemic Ridicule

Famed for his rapier wit as much as his ill-temperament, Henry Louis (H.L.) Mencken rose to national prominence as a journalist and correspondent for the Baltimore Sun.

W. C. Fields, American actor in the first half of the 20th century, Public Domain

“Never give a sucker an even break.”

“Anyone who hates children and animals can’t be all bad.”

“Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.”

Martin Rushton challenged us to write a Tricube Poem, a poetry form introduced by Phillip Larrea.

So how does it work? This very simple mathematical poem creates cubes to the power of three. So you have three stanzas (verses) to a poem, which are each created of three lines. The tricky part, each line must be three syllables.

THREE Syllables to each line. THREE lines to each stanza (verse) THREE stanzas to each poem

There are no rules regarding rhyming, meter etc. So go for it!

I wrote an earlier story on the power of three.

The maid and the mother And the crone that’s grown old ….“ Hymn To Her,” The Pretenders

I included a cat in the story image because my cat is an expert at conveying total disgust and utmost displeasure by flicking his tail in a particular way. I am grateful that he cannot talk.

In a confusing “sometimes opposite inspire” fashion, the theme of this poem came from a light-hearted, happy comment from Lucy (the egg girl) this morning.

Here’s hoping that just like your poem, my Monday will be a magic that flowers!

This is her clever “O poem” about orange oversized overalls on a free-spirited schoolgirl.

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