try a tritina

for the last post of 2012, i throw out a poetry challenge:  the tritina, a 10 line version of the *sestina, which has the following repeated word order: lines 1-3 ABC, lines 4-6 CAB, lines 7-9 BCA, line 10 ABC.  for example, a poem using the words eyes/smile/hello lines would end:

...eyes
...smile
...hello

...hello
...eyes
...smile

...smile
...hello
...eyes

and use all three ABC in the concluding line.
*the related 39-line sestina originated in 12th century france by a bard with stories to tell, arnaut daniel.

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