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Too Many Guns Trois-par-Huit ghosts Say Bye

Title: Ghosts Say Bye

man with gun
It is no longer fun
Nowhere is safe from guns; there’s nowhere to run
Politicians offer thoughts and prayers
Ghosts of gunfire cry out in the wind with tears
The NRA says guns don’t kill — they lie
More people will die
ghosts say bye /center}



The Trois-par-Huit is an eight-line poetry form contrived by Lorraine M. Kanter. There are a few variations available regarding the structure, as described and demonstrated in the following links:

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/troisparhuit.html
The Trois-par-Huit was created by Lorraine M. Kanter.

Trois-par-Huit (Three-by-Eight or Octa-Tri for short), a poem containing three stanzas of 3, 3 and 2 lines OR 3, 2 and 3 lines: 8 lines total with a syllable count of 3, 6, 9, 12, 12, 9, 6, 3. The rhyming pattern is AAB BBC CC where the last line is the title of the poem and summarizes the meaning of the poem. *Note: These poems are to appear center aligned.