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.

Example #1:

Christmas Tree (3, 3, 2 pattern)

                     Light glimmers;
                silver tinsel shimmers
          serenading ornamental shades

       of a satin emerald and ruby parade
mingling with silhouettes of aged crystal cascade
       Snowmen, Pixies and Angels to see

             Atop the wise men three…
                     Christmas Tree

Christmas Tree (3, 2, 3 pattern)

                       Light glimmers;
                  silver tinsel shimmers
            serenading ornamental shades

         of a satin emerald and ruby parade
mingling with silhouettes of aged crystal cascade

          Snowmen, Pixies and Angels to see
                Atop the wise men three…
                        Christmas Tree

Copyright © 2004 Lorraine M. Kanter

Example #2:

Nature's King

                              The firs rise
                   touching star-twinkled skies
                standing vigil o’er evening’s glow

wrapped in sparkling charms of glitter gold, ashen snow
         embraces kisses of crimson berries below
            where silvery cherubs dance and sing

                   …symbols of joy to bring
                            Nature’s King.

Copyright © 2004 Lorraine M. Kanter

Example #3:

Daniel's explanation and example (who named this form for me): Since Huitain is a French verse-form coming from the 15th and early 16th Centuries - an eight-line stanza with 8 or 10 syllables in each line, often iambic. Very similar to yours, it was written with three rhymes, but one utilized four times, and there were a number of rhyme schemes, like ababbcbc and abbaacac, and Un huitain enlace, or an enclosed huitain which had a rhyme scheme of aabaabcc... and since you vary from the typical iambic feet, I'd suggest you call your Huitain variation something like: "Trois-par-Huit" or "Three-by-Eight":

Trois-par-Huit

                             Two-tercet
                   piece with single couplet
          will constitute an eight-line verse-form

graduating from three to twelve ticks… to perform
 a pirouette, descending back to three…  in warm
          inter-rhymes that describe and repeat

                       its title in one sweet
                            Trois-par-Huit

Copyright © 2004 Daniel J. Ricketts