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We’ll cut Eve’s apple and share it
You’ll stay with me tonight
We’ll drink its wine till we commit
To add more to our light
No lies no gloom to trip us up
Only bliss to fill our dry cups
No lies no gloom
No lies no gloom
Not when it is time to grow up

And when the night melts into day
And no cloud veils the sun
And nothing stalls the amber rays
From soon proving to everyone
That love lives deep within our hearts
And no force could ever reverse
That love lives deep
That love lives deep
No one can coerce or disperse

Let’s cut Eve’s apple and share it
For the whole world to see
We’ll let them into our orbit
Let them share in our glee
Among the stars all human fears,
Tears, and detractions disappear
Among the stars
Among the stars
That’s where we will bloom through the years.

Copyright ©️ selmamartin

This form is inspired by Ladyleemanila’s enticing writober post of October 03rd

Trijan Refrain, created by Jan Turner, consists of three 9-line stanzas, for a total

of 27 lines.

Line 1 is the same in all three stanzas, although a variation of the form is not to

repeat the same line at the beginning of each stanza. In other words, the beginning

line of each stanza can be different. The first four syllables of line 5 in each stanza

are repeated as the double-refrain for lines 7 and 8. The Trijan Refrain is a rhyming

poem with a set meter and rhyme scheme as follows:

Rhyme scheme: a/b/a/b/c/c/d,d refrain of first 4 words of line five /c

Meter: 8/6/8/6/8/8/4,4 refrain/8

Copyright © 2025 Selma Martin

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Selma Martin is a retired English teacher with 20 years of teaching children ESL. She believes in people’s goodness and in finding balance in simple living. She lives in Japan with her husband. Selma self-published her short story, Wanted: Husband/Handyman in 2019. Later, collaborating with peers from that course, she published Wanted: Husband/Handyman in an anthology, Once Upon A Story: A Short Fiction Anthology. 

Selma has published stories on Medium for many years, in MasticadoresUSA, The Poetorium At Starlight, Short Fiction Break, Lit eZine, and Spillwords. In July 2023, she published a debut poetry collection on Amazon, and she has poems in Poetry Treasures 4: In Touch With Nature. Selma was nominated for Best of the Net in 2024. You can find Selma on selmawrites, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and her website, selmamartin.com.