Delaying Our Parting

Delaying Our Parting


Arm wrapped around her tender waist,
Postponing time  when we must part.
Each tick of clock I dare not waste,
Arm wrapped around her tender waist.
Another kiss, I give in haste.
When she leaves me, so shall my heart.
Arm wrapped around her tender waist,
Postponing time, when we must part.


Ken Goree

This poem is a triolet.  A tiolet is an eight line poem.  In the poem the 1st, 4th and 7th lines repeat.  The 2nd and 8th line also repeat.  The 3rd and 5th line rhyme with the 1st line.  The 6th line rhymes with the 2nd line.  

It isn't required, but suggested, that the poem consist of lines which are 8 syllables each, or 10 syllables each.