On November 23rd, 2021, we held a Challenge for our Word of the Week (Noetic) and applied to Tricube Poetry. Five Best Entries were chosen to be published here, on ILA Blog. A Tricube is a mathematical poem invented by Phillip Larrea, an American Poet and syndicated columnist. Each line contains 3 syllables, each stanza consists of 3 lines and each poem consists of 3 stanzas. We gave the option to poets to rhyme if desired. Head Over Heels

Mysteries
they make me
noetic
Poetry
can make me
euphoric
It's your love
that turns me
ecstatic.

© Don Luman-ag "Words that Weigh Pounds"

Words like "I"
seem like sighs,
losing sounds.
Words like "you"
seem like few
things around.
Words like "trick,
Noetic":
They weigh pounds.

© Walid Boureghda NOETIC

Moon in sky
Sail with me
On my boat
Trapped in love
Sky lose moon
Deep in thought.
Noetic
Quill finds sheave
Caught in pain.

© Anjana Prasad Time is good
remembrance
Noetic
Love faded
people bad
remember
I am good
when I have
self again.

© Amb Maid Čorbić Synapses
Creating
Syntaxes
Edginess
Lies to me
Sighs of grief
Consumed plus
Entombed by
Gloom and doom

© Wordsmith Alchemist Roman, a.k.a, Artist X (Justin Roman Cain)