Day 90:

Sept 28-Scottish Stanza, (“BURNS” OR HABBIE”)-6 lines, aaabab, a=8 syllables, b=4 syllables, adventure, nature, or biography. From Habbie Simpson, but Robert Burns made it famous.

Tis the Scotts that do write this way

Aaabab they say
Burns and Habbie wrote in their day
Midst pans and pots
Adventure, nature, bios play
Stanzas for Scots.

Day 89:

Sept 27-Epigram, a witty couplet. Not every couplet is a gem. Try and see if you can write one.

A witty poem can be found

An epigram can’t weigh a pound.

Day 88:

Sept 26-2 Way, (read down then read up)-2 phrases, 5 lines & 3. Does not have to rhyme.Exeprimental form. Title: the forest

The peaceful forest

The shades of life

Fauna and flora

In living color

A circle.

Quiet sounds

A living home

The sturdy trees.

Day 87:

Sept 25-Villancico, Spain, ababAC1 dedeDC2 ffffAC1DC2, 7 syllables, refrains 6 syllables.

It is a poem like frame

Seven syllables are grown

The refrains are far from plain

Six syllables are then shown

Villancico, from Spain.

Three phrases made to rhyme.

Abab, refrain A

C1 rhymes with later 2

Dede phrases play

More with D to work it through.

It has something to say.

Finish it just in time.

Four f’s follow in this phrase

Close with refrains in their phase

It may seem like a big maze

In Spain, this is all the craze.

 Villancico, from Spain.

Three phrases made to rhyme.

It has something to say.

Finish it just in time.

Day 86:

Sept 24-Diminenent, 2 sides, 5,4,3,2,1 syllables & back. The following is a Rhyming Diminenent.

Title: Seashore

A peaceful seashore    Can you ask for more?

    Waves lapping up   a nice cool cup
                Salt sea air     weather fair
                      Lapping     slapping
                             Fair     air
                Beach land     the sand
          Crabs crawling     sun stalling
           Settling down    way out of town
    Picnic on the sand    food eaten by hand
      Games in the sun   surfing is fun
                  Take a nap   it’s a snap
                        Fanning  tanning
                                Hot  spot
                        And see  it’s free
                The beauties  yes, cuties
                     Incredible   enjoyable
                 Jolly holiday   a fun place to play.

Day 85:

Sept 23-Waltz Wave, The form makes a feel like a wave crashing on the shore. The syllable count is 1,2,1,2,3,2,1, 2, 3,4,3,2,1,2,3,2,1,2,1. Title: Waves

Waves

Moving
Up
And down
The sea shore
Just like
The
Waltz Wave.
1, 2, 1,
1, 2, 3, 2,
1, 2, 3,
4, 3,
2,
1, 2,
Syllables
3, 2,
1,
2, and
1.

Day 84:

Sept 22-Diamonte, 1 syllable, 2,or more counting up, then reverse description, and go back down. Title:Directions

Left

Port turn
Going West: Going East
Starboard
Right.

Day 83:

Sept 21-Whitney, This experimental form  uses 7 lines, with the following syllable pattern: 3,4,3,4,3,4,7.

A Whitney

Goes back and forth

Three and four

Three times and then

Finish it.

Count to seven,

Both syllables and lines count.

Day 82:

Sept 20-Tetractys, 5 lines, syllables 1,2,3,4,10. An experimental form.

A

Poem

Counting out

To four, then ten

Syllables, called a Tetractys poem.

Day 81:

Sept 19-Chauserian Roundel, Abb;abA;abbA, no special meter or line length

Chaucer did poetry this way

A roundel is an English type

It did not just come up the pipe.

You start it with a Big old A

The ten lines are nothing to snipe.

Chaucer did poetry this way

It starts with Abb aba

Then abbA, it’s no hype

No meter, no line length to swipe.

Chaucer did poetry this way

Day 80:

Sept 18-Rondine, shorter than Rondeau, abba; abR; abbaR(refrain)Later on, a Rondeau will be posted.

Title: What can one define as love?

A mixture fir the senses shown

A feeling of strong contentment

Emotions that are sometimes bent

Seeds of ecstasy that are sown.

A peaceful state, a quiet zone

A joyful look or perfumed scent

What can one define as love?

Kindness, patience, no heart of stone

Forgiving, selfish? Not a glint

No envy, not rude, anger all spent

Protects, trusts, hopes, endurance known.

What can one define as love?

Day 79:

Sept 17-check out the poetic pattern. A psalm was written this way. Title: hereafter

I don’t know about the hereafter

Because I don’t know what I’m here after.

There’s laughter in the store

Because I don’t know what I’m here after.

I stay right by the door

Because I don’t know what I’m here after.

I’m absentminded you could say

Because I don’t know what I’m here after.

I don’t like being this way

Because I don’t know what I’m here after.

I don’t like to make a mistake

Because I don’t know what I’m here after.

I’d like my mind to give me a break

Because I don’t know what I’m here after.

My keys? My shoes? A book?

Because I don’t know what I’m here after.

Will you help me take a look?

Because I don’t know what I’m here after.

If my mind could only be kinder

Because I don’t know what I’m here after.

For my brain a reward to the finder

Because I don’t know what I’m here after.

I do hope for a Hereafter

Because I don’t know what I’m here after.

Day 78:

Sept 16-Sapphic, Greek Sappho wrote song like poems on love & life. Her poems:3 11 syllable lines, ended 5 syllable Line. Strict form also follow the rhythm of Trochee-Trochee-Dactyl-Trochee-Trochee in the 11 syllable lines, and Dash/Dot/Dot/Dot/Dash or Dactyl-Iambic for the last line. Some use 3 lines, or spread the form into 7 lines.

Sapphic poetry is an ancient style form

A phrase with three eleven syllables

Typically used for describing love’s thoughts

Close with five, like Greece.

Day 77:
Sept 15-Rimas Dissolutas, Italian, abcd, abcd, end with cd(envoi), 10 syllables 10 phrases or more, sometimes less.

The Rimas Dissolutas is a form

In Italy, this fine poem was born
Ten syllables with ten lines or more
An Envoi closes the poem with class.
 

Each line of ten syllables fights the storm

Just ABCD with the Envoi torn
To use CD from the phrase to implore
Doing so will help the poem to pass.

Ten phrases or less to try to explore
The style Italians consider a gas.

Day 76:
Sept 14-Rubaiyat, Persian  aaba. Long poems interlock , stanzas run aaba bbcb ccdc, etc. until last, zzaz, where 3rd line rhymes with 1st line of poem.  8 or 10 syllables. Title:Choose

Most lead hard lives against the fall of night

Each breath one takes is like a fierce some fight
Because they doubt they must defend their stand
And darken their eyes against the light.
 

They know their castles will crumble like sand

Their hope is making their own life their brand
The immortality they crave won’t last
For they choose to not follow the right band.
 

Instead of a small pool, choose one that’s vast

Repent this foolishness, turn from your past
True immortality is now in sight
Choose quickly, for the end comes very fast.

Day 75:

Sept 13-I’m not superstitious, knock on wood, so here is a poem called Encouragement.

A poem can be many things.

It can show beauty.

It can expose sin.

It expresses emotions.

Sometimes.

Good or evil

Joy or despair

Deeply expressed

Or hidden within.

Sometimes.

It can teach

It can reach

It takes time.

Can it rhyme?

Sometimes.

What a poet chooses to do

With poetry

Is

The key.

And me?

I choose encouragement.

Some write to brag

Some pour out their broken hearts

Some turn to angst

Some choose to compete.

And me?

I choose encouragement.

Sharing a life of joy

To every girl and boy

A pattern to live

A life born to give.

There is a God!

We are but sod.

Courage, take!

It’s not fake!

It’s love

Above!

Cope?

Hope!

Can a poem do this>?

Sometimes.

Reaching out to those in despair

Showing them that I truly care

Teaching them that there is hope

Greater than mere human scope.

Can a poem do this>?

Sometimes.

You may choose Despair

Or demeaning others

You may choose to mock

Or bemoan your case.

And me?

I choose encouragement.

Day 74:

Sept 12-Dansa, french, Raabb(R),ccbb(R),etc.6 syllables commonly used.(R=Refrain)

The French like to use this.

A refrain begins it

Six syllables to fit

The Dansa can be fun

A classic poem, one.

The French like to use this.

A rhythmic like dance

A poem that can prance

Write while eating a bun

The French like to use this.

In honor of Sept 11-

Day 73:

Sept 11-I suppose this could be an ode, it is a poem in memory of those who died.

I Still Remember

 

Another year goes by
Still brings tears and a sigh
Yes, I still remember.

Now called Patriot Day

It is a day I say
That I still remember.

There were those who were bad.

They killed many. I’m sad
For I still remember.

 Fallen are two towers

By those evil powers
Oh, I still remember.

 By using those huge planes

Filled New York with blood stains
Oh, I still remember.

My friends that day, lost

Such a terrible cost
For I still remember.

September Eleven

Sent many to heaven
That, I still remember.

May we never forget

By those we were beset
Yes, I still remember.

Day 72:

Sept 10-Dicrostic Poem, 2 acrostics on either end

Title: CAT

Callico PoeT

A nine lives pet, A
Tiger in a saC.

Day 71:

Sept 9-Rictameter, syllable counts 2,4,6,8,10,8,6,4,2.I’m adding in the rictameter some rhopalics, so start with 1 syllable, next word 2 syllables, etc.or reverse it.something fun to do while learning how to write this type of poem.

Here’s a

Rictameter.
It’s really countable.
Above is called Rhopalics,
One syllable, two and three. Now count down
After counting by twos to ten.
Countable into two
That’s Rhopalics
Reversed.

Day 70:

Sept 8-Nonet, 9 lines, syllables 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

A nonet is a unique poem.

You count down syllables from nine.
Each line has one less to count,
Like reverse Etheress,
But only to nine.
And can it rhyme?
Sure it can.
Go ahead,
Count.

Day 69:
Sept 7-True 4X4, using only syllable counts of 4. Apparently there is some discussion on this.
True four by four
Count it all out
Four syllables
Nothing rhyming.

Day 68:

Sept 6-4X4; An experimental form 4 lines. Each line 4 words. Not one is repeated. sometimes 1 phrase, sometimes 4 phrases.

So what is this?

A Four by four
Four phrases or one
Then you are finished.

Day 67:

Sept 5-3X3; An experimental form .3 lines. Each line 3 words. Not one is repeated.

What is this?

Three by three

Count it out.

Day 66:

Sept 4-Pantoum, Malay -any length, ABCD BEDF EGF(AC).  repeated lines exactly the same. last line combines 2 lines.

So how do you make a Pantoum?

Each line repeats itself somewhere else.

This is how you make a Pantoum.

Do you see how this Malay form works?

Each line repeats itself somewhere else.

The second and fourth lines now move

Do you see how this Malay form works?

Count the lines, repeat and you are done.

The second and fourth lines now move

The last line repeats A and C there.

Count the lines, repeat and you are done.

So how do you make a Pantoum? This is how you make a Pantoum.

Day 65:

Sept 3-Villanelle, Italian: A1bA2 abA1 abA2 abA1 abA2 abA1A2. A1 & A2 close with the same word, and repeat through the poem. Title: Tic-Tac-Toe

So how do you play Tic-Tac-Toe?

It’s a fairly standard type game.

This is how you play Tic-Tac-Toe.

So, are you an X or an O?

If it’s me, it is all the same.

So how do you play Tic-Tac-Toe?

You’ve nine spaces, column and row

Railroad tracks, it’s a gem to tame

This is how you play Tic-Tac-Toe.

Are you ready to play your foe?

They pick your spot? I’m not to blame.

So how do you play Tic-Tac-Toe?

They pick their spot and then you go

X or O, it’s your claim to fame.

This is how you play Tic-Tac-Toe.

Win, tie or lose, you never know

Three in a row? You’ve made your name!

So how do you play Tic-Tac-Toe?

This is how you play Tic-Tac-Toe.

Day 64:

Sept 2-Tritina, 3 words @ end of each line. ABC, CAB, BCA w/ last words ABC

Title: Reading, Writing, ‘Rithmetic

Just what is better than reading/

What is more addicting than writing?

What’s counting without ‘Rithmetic?

Pull the spreadsheet, it’s ‘Rithmetic.

Magazine? Comic? It’s reading.

Do a letter? Text? It’s writing.

Instant Messenger? It’s writing.

You’re paying the bills? It’s “rithmetic.

Doing your schoolwork? You’re reading.

You can’t live without Reading, Writing, and ‘Rithmetic.

Day 63:

Sept 1-Triad, 3 Tercets, all aba, or aba cdc efe.  Sometimes  Pentameter,  iambic. Title-Space

I’d like to go above the atmosphere

It’s true that space is truly infinite

Of course, to go you have to  have some gear.

To fly among the bright and twinkling stars

To see the rings of mighty Saturn or

To travel to places like rocky Mars.

To be an astronaut would be a thrill

Unfortunately it takes money to.

The effort in preparing is no drill.