Here are the rules of tricubes:

• Each line contains three syllables.
• Each stanza contains three lines.
• Each poem contains three stanzas.

 

My crown bears

the deep thorns

of regret.

 

Memories

burn dark holes

in my mind

 

where no one

treads lightly

or remains.

 

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The music

resonates

in my chest

 

a boom box

of the soul,

my muse as

 

the voices

of artists

speak to me.

 

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I love you

my sparkler,

a fun mess

 

of laughter

and lyrics

that tell us

 

how true love

is not true

without burns.