Alankar(Decor)-260 Poem by Indira Renganathan

WhatToDo, What Not ToDo (Trijan Refrain)


Trijan Refrain is an invented form created byJan Turner
The elements of the Trijan Refrain are:
stanzaic, written in any number of 9-line stanzas (3 are recommended) .
syllabic,8-6-8-6-8-8-4-4-8.

rhymed, AbabccDDc AeaeffGGf AhahiiJJi
composed with a refrain within the stanza, the first 4 syllables of L5 are repeated
as a refrain in L7 and L8.

written a refrain between stanzas, L1 of the first stanza repeated as L1 of each
subsequent stanza.

There is a variation in which L1 is not repeated in the subsequent stanzas,
in that scenario the rhyme scheme is ababccDDc efefggHHg ijijkkLLk.


What To Do, What Not To Do


What to do? what not to do? ...think
'What to do' done so well
As it's said brings reward in sync
'What not to do' done well
As it's so said brings punishment
Is it true in real as meant
As it's so said
As it's so said
But with shocking twist in judgement


What to do? what not to do? ...think
Sometimes good ends fruitless
Pushed down with no reward..bethink
Sometimes bad ends with gains
Lost faith muses on all to find
A shocking fate that plays behind
Lost faith muses
Lost faith muses
To do or not to do in mind


What to do? what not to do? ...think
Life seems puzzled so much
Two sides to be tossed..it does think
A lotto of luck which
Oh, good pays bad, bad pays good..oh God
Is it fair? good Lord? or bad Lord?
Oh, good pays bad
Oh, good pays bad
Where's a true truthful life oh God..?