Day 62:

Aug 31-Abhanga, India, abbc, deef, etc. 6,6,6,4 syllables.Title: Music

Music is joy defined

Bring out the peaceful sound

Or for a beat just pound,

The rhythm reaches out.

Harmony, Melody

Reaching out to the ear

There’s nothing here to fear

Come join the festival.

Day 61:

Aug 30-Naga Uta/Choka, Asian haiku-like form, 5/7/5/7/5/7/5/7/7

Genesis

Peaceful beginnings

But wrongdoings enter life
Then murder begins
Evildoers are abound
Wash them all away
Now start all over again
The Patriarch walk
Traveling to a new land
Genesis for God’s people.

Day 60:

Aug 29-Pathya Vat, Cambodia, 4 lines, 4 syllables, abbc, dcce, etc
Here is my title, Peace is not here:

Peace is not here.

What can be done?
Can it be won?
And can we know?

 

It must be us

Inside we show
To others go
And share ourselves.

Day 59:

Aug 28- Utendi, a Swahli form of Tendi. Pattern: aaab, 8 syllables, title: Something New

The Music of the Spheres seems wrong

Something new comes, it won’t be long

I seem to hear a brand new song.

A new age is about to start!

Day 58:

Aug 27-Kyrielle, aabb abab aabb abab(8 syllables)French, originally religious rites, then troubadors

Title:What is to be found?

What is it to be found that’s true?

What can be found when life is through?

The search goes on life’s meaning

Look above for what’s revealing.

Universal Law is the glue

From nothing everything did spring

From the Word, everything was new

Newborn, the universe did sing.

Above it all, the angels flew

They sang praises, so should me and you

Of God’s goodness, all praises ring

With the Lord’s commands, we should cling.

Disciples, there seem to be few

True worshippers for souls fishing

Judgment comes for everyone too

True Christians should be inviting.

Day 57:

Aug 26-Trimeric, ABCD, Bef, Cgh, Dij, 1st line copied. not rhymed.Dr. Charles Stone. Title:Trimeric

How do you make a Trimeric?

Dr. Stone will show you the way.

Start with the phrase ABCD,

Tercets will follow each main line.

Dr. Stone will show you the way.

No rhyme, Bef, and the same,

And there is no formal meter

Start with the phrase ABCD,

Each cap will then start their own phrase

They copy what was shown at the first.

Tercets will follow each main line.

Each line explains the tercet’s path

And now a Trimeric  you’ve made!

Day 56:

Aug 25-Terza Rima, tercets(aba bcb cdc end in aa) Italian.,typically iambic pentameter.

Title: The Sand

The patterns in the sand ripple and glow

The waves then wash the flow of time away

My footprints disappear, so where’d they go?

The sands of life, truly not long they stay

Before the ocean covers it like paint

It swallows up the brightness of the day.

No matter, if as sinner or as saint

The tides roll on, the sand has turned to naught

And if one’s life was built on sand, they’d faint,

Because the loss has shown what they now know

Without the rock, like sand, they must now go.

Day 55:

Aug 24-Rime Royale, iambic pentameter, ababbcc., olde Englishe, Chaucer noted.

Title:Rime Royale

A Rime Royale requires Iambic Rhyme

To write this poem takes a bit of wit

To write this you will need a little time

Ababbcc rhythms fit

Old English Chaucer long ago thus writ

So if you want to try your hand right here

Just put your words together without fear.

Day 54:

Aug 23-Shairi, Swahili, any # of stanzas, 4 lines, 8 syllables, end in vowels, all lines rhyme, ie aaaa, abab, aabb. Title: Do you know?

Do you know know where to go?

Getting lost and you do not know?

Perhaps a map will help to show

Then just follow the traffic flow.

Day 53:

Aug 22-Triolet, ABaAabAB. Triolets repeat A &B, 2 rhymes, a & b, French. Title: What time is it?

So what time is it anyway?

It is time to go back to work.
And it will be a busy day.
So what time is it anyway?
It is vey late in the day.
There is simply no time to shirk.
So what time is it anyway?
It is time to go back to work.

Day 52:

Aug 21- I noticed that many of my poems haven't had titles as I go through this challenge. Perhaps I will take care of this later, perhaps finding the time to put titles on future poems. Perhaps. 

RUSTAVELIAN/SHAIRI-Russian, aaaa, bbbb, etc.15 or 16 syllables, all rhymes 2 or 3 syllables.

This poetic style is called Rustavelian, and it is Russian.

All phrases rhyming with four lines, bring a poetic impression.

With up to sixteen syllables, puts a poet to depression.

This Shairi hopefully will not cause a creative suppression.

Day 51;

Aug 20-Roundelet, AbAabbA form. A has 4 syllables, B has 8. Capital letters mean exact wording. French

Summer of Peace

Take a break from crime and the grind

Summer of peace

Then stress can cease

Go away from it all to find

A place when there is peace of mind

Summer of peace.

Day 50:

Aug 19-Serventesio, 8 syllables, abba, typically used as farewell notes.

Poem in memory of a 100 year old Christian woman.

She made a difference, she’s missed

In heaven now, in pain no more

A true Christian, dear to the core

Mother, sister, good deeds her list.

Day 50:

Aug 19-Serventesio, 8 syllables, abba, typically used as farewell notes.

Poem in memory of a 100 year old Christian woman.

She made a difference, she’s missed

In heaven now, in pain no more

A true Christian, dear to the core

Mother, sister, good deeds her list.

Day 49:

Aug 18-Redondilla, Trochee, or Iambic rhythm,  8 syllables.  abba.

To walk away from you is sad

I miss you dear, I always will

Despite goodbyes, I love you still

Regretting the loss I once had.

Day 48:

Aug 17-The weekend brings new things. Here is another poem. See what patterns were used to make it.

Passages

Travel and Life

In time and space
Markers do show
The passages.

In peace or strife

We plod or race
But do we know
The passages?

Husband an d wife

Children we face
In time does flow
The passages.

Day 47:

Aug 16-Ottama Rima, abababcc, all in Iambic Pentameter.

I miss the sight of your enchanting face

To see you gone has made me feel so blue

Your eyes, your voice, the warmth of your embrace

If only I could know our love was true

But something took away our loving grace

And tore apart what can’t be fixed with glue

My dear, I’ll always miss you throughout life

I’ll never know what caused the source of strife.

Day 46:

Aug 15-Muyaka, Kenyan, aaab, 16 syllables, typically in Swahili

“What can one do with 16 syllables?” Is something one may ask.

A Muyaka is a poem that can help you do your task.

With an aaab rhyme scheme, you can relax your work and bask

This Kenyan style is easy unless you do it in Swahili.

Day 45:

Aug 14-Little Willie, also known as a Ruthless Rhyme. Couplet/Quatrain (aabb) with humor/tragedy. Typically uses the name little Willy in the poem.

Had to watch for Little Willie

Never met someone so silly
A python pet for goodness sake
Yes, he was eaten by the snake.

Day 44:

Aug 13-This being the thirteenth, some people may be superstitious. There’s a lot on the net of different things, making one wonder. Good things, bad things. Reading through some blogs, one gets the idea that some bloggers are only doing this to make themselves feel important. Why not use the technology to help others? I was challenged to write a poem every day for a year and post it on this blog as proof. Can’t there be a way to do that and help people? Teaching experience has become almost automatic, so this forum allows the opportunity to show the different forms available, and hopefully an opportunity to help struggling poets to find ways to improve their craft. I’m not perfect. Not every poem is a gem. But perhaps perfect practice produces perfect poetry. I welcome any input to improving the craft. Even opening up a can of worms by sharing this email address: Arthur.rider1958@gmail.com

Enough of this, now a poem. See what patterns are used to make this.(#11,401)
Thinking outside the box:
What box do we live in?
Comforted by constant constraints.
Prejudices, pride
Educational limits
Close to home
Few friends
What is outside the box?
Scary things
Wonderful things
Humbling things
Challenging things
A world of travel
A world of experience
A world of education
A world of acquaintances
Thinking outside the box
Don’t just stay within the lines
Broaden you opinions
Yet stay within one’s principles.
Learn a new language
Learn about nature
Learn a new skill
Learn from another
What is keeping you in your box?
Fear?
Arrogance?
Hate?
Ignorance?
Climb out your box
Stretch your arms
Breathe in the air
And start a new life.
Fill the box
With new things
To accompany
The old
Familiar
Comfortable
Treasures
You already have.

Day 43:

Aug 12-Lai, French, 3 phrases(Virelais)

Take three Virelais

Make it the right size

It’s fun.

5 5 2 and rise

The Lai, analyze

Make one.

Don’t matter, your tries

Aab applies

You’re done.

Day 42:

Aug 11-Virelai, French, 5,5,2 syllables,aab-

Here’s a Virelai

Aab and bye.

Poem.

Day 41:

Aug 10-Chasushka, Russian doggerel, abab, or abcb, or aabb, 7,8,7,8 or 8,7,8,6, or 5,7,5,10

Why pick on the poor democrats?

Look who is the President?

With the economy right now

They’ll lose by a big dent!

Day 40:

Aug 9-Libbonelle, -aBCD Befg Chij Dklm. B,C,D lines repeated. Each stanza describes the first line.

So how do you make a libbonele?

A Libbonelle is a special poem.

Yes, a special pattern is followed

It’s easy, anyone can do it.

A Libbonelle is a special poem.

It doesn’t require a strict rhythm

It doesn’t need a special meter

Just follow the pattern as described.

Yes, a special pattern is followed

Start with aBCD as a phrase.

B starts the next phrase with e,f,g.

C and D follow the same pattern.

It’s easy, anyone can do it.

While this poem has nine syllables

You can pick and choose your very own.

And now make a Libbonelle, yourself.

Day 39:

Aug 8-Ghazal, Arab, Last word/phrase 2nd line repeated, Radif(rat-diff), last line  writer’s name,Makhta(mock-tah).5 couplets..aB*cB*aB*dB*e<name>B*.  B* = last part of  line repeated. “all that Jazz” repeated. Pentameter.

The music plays again and yet again

From classical to pop and all that Jazz.

The stirring of the soul, that rhythm rocks!

Oh yeah, I like the blues and all that jazz!

So whether if it’s from Artie or Glenn

Or Duke or Basie, it’s still all that jazz.

The Admiral and doc can blow their horns!

Oh yes, it’s great to play out all that jazz!

I close this poem on that blessed sound

By Arthur Rider, take on all that jazz.

Day 38:

Aug 7-

Limerick- from Ireland, 8 syllables 1,2 & last line, 3rd line 5 syllables.  aabba.

The cat in the hat, he’s all that

But lately he’s been getting fat

Give Garfield his due, even Heathcliff too

But my dog could knock them all flat.

Day 37:

Aug 6-

Pliedes-1 word title, 1st letter describes 7 terms/words/phrases.

Sleep

Sizable nap

Set to rest

So relaxed

Some Z’s for catching

Sawing logs

Slowly counting forty winks.

Day 36:

August 5-Lento, - 4 lined poem. abcb. Every line same letter or rhyme

Lentos have likeable lines

Lines all start with the same letter

Look at the phrase, a b c b

Like it? Then try and do better!

Day 35:

August 4-Twin Etheree. Aabbccddeeffgghhiijj rhyme. 1-10 syllables .(#11,367)

Rock

Block

Annoy

The toy

Avalanche

Build a ranch

Sit in the sun

Building is fun

Children of mountains

Can you build fountains?

From pebbles to boulders

Blueprints in the folders

Rolling around by a mouse

Come build yourself a nice house

It is not just another stone

Paint the walls? Us another tone.

Hard as hail, yes beware the storm

Build a flat, maybe a nice dorm

Nature’s bricks to sand, they can make you scratch.

Materials, now what plan can you hatch?

Day 34:

August 3-the Greeks developed specific poetic forms. One is the EPITHALAMIUM-Wedding & anniversary form, abcb, syllables 10,7,9,14

Here is an example:

Another Anniversary for you?

May this note help it to be

A most pleasant one to celebrate.

May you have  a truly wonderful anniversary!

Day 33:

August 2-A sonnet was submitted to a writing contest. iambic pentameter.  abab, cdcd, efef, gg 

Sonnet

What be thine own Fantasy?

I ask, so What be thine own Fantasy?

Enchanted Isles? Or rampant castle knights?

Tis maidens in peril from treachery?

Or vampires and were-beasts in such brute fights?

Or dost thou bringst romance truly divine?

Perhaps adventure with benevolence

Or quests thou hast sought for such a sign.

Perhaps fighting beasts so omnipotent

That powerful artifacts tis can heal

A wounded soul thus beaten by the beast

Or thieves driven from poverty to steal

Or time of solstice for slavery ceased.

The music, so infinite as words do

From fact, memory, legend, myth tis true.

Day 32:

August 1. For those who haven’t paid attention, they may think only traditional poetry is written here.

Try this for size:

 PUSLOGH VAGH-non traditional, Klingon. 5 line verse, 4-10 syllables. Stressed=stronghold. At least 2 per line. Each line key vowel, a,e,i,o,u.

Are you fit for the pit?

Move ahead or you’re dead

If you’re mad, just attack

When you’re hot, let them rot

It is fun, then you’re done.