Day 271:
Mar 28-back to more forms, the Celtic form Deibide Baise Fritoin,  abab quatrain with syllable count 3/7/7/1. A has 2 syllables, B with 1. Title: A flower

A flower

Gives genetics the power
What sits atop the tall weed?
Seed.

Day 270:

Mar 27-Kyrielle Sonnet, 8 syllables, form AabB, ccbB, ddbB, AB, where A & B are repeated.(#12,566)

The Kyrielle Sonnet is here!

Let’s all now give it a big cheer!

It may be tough, but just don’t cry

Go ahead and give it a try!

With eight syllables per each line

Four phrases make the form so fine

Two lines you may see by and by

Go ahead and give it a try!

Aaab ccbB

ddbB make it feel free

AB closes it with a high

Go ahead and give it a try!

The Kyrielle Sonnet is here!

Go ahead and give it a try!

Day 269:
Mar 26-Passover Begins, for remembering this time, another poem.

The Exodus brings memories

Teach to avoid another fate
The Passover remembers Egyptian bondage
A feast declared, celebrate!

Day 268:

Mar 25-another Nordic form, Kviotattr, 7 syllable lines, 4 stresses, any number of lines, typically alliterated. Many poets divide the lines in half, with 2 stressed syllables in each half, 3 and 4. Typically SuS; uSuS, or uSS/SuuS.

Brave Kviotattr rules!

Seven syllables are set

Skaldic meter met the means

Make alliteration stressed

Stanzas sound so stressed yet safe

Any numbered stanzas work

Four or five, all fine a form

Two to ten, to taste it’s type

Four stresses for each line

Rhyme? Not so necessary

Try it out yourself for now.

Day 267:

Mar 24-Palm Sunday, so for this day a poem.(#12,535)

Day of Palms

The day of palms

Recall the psalms

Here comes the King!

Now shout and sing!

But joy shall turn

To hate and spurn

What God did bring

The sinless King.

Day 266:

Mar 23-back to some more forms, A Nordic form called Runnhent, with couplets having each line taking 2 stressed syllables, and at least 2 unstressed syllables. Any number of couplets, often ending in feminine rhyme, ie. Unstressed.

Skaldic meters

Nordic features

Runnhent written

Poets bitten

Two stressed sounds flow

Syllables know

Couplets rhyming

Perfect timing.

Day 265:

Mar 22-Iroquois Thunder Ceremony, Title:

Rain Dance

The sky

Is gray

The rain

Is near

Come clouds come

Bring us life

Come, Sky Queen

Celebrate

Twins reborn

Chaos

Order

Nature

Thunder

And rain.

Day 264:

Mar 21-World forest Day, in honor, a Native American form.

The frees are full

The green feels cool

The grass is soft

The forest tall

Deer play on

Hares hop by

Flowers bloom

Air afresh

Nature awake

The forest stands

The trees rise high

Celebration!

Day 263:
Mar 20-Spring Begins, in honor of Spring, this poem

Ode to Spring

The green in Spring
Oh what you bring!
New life for all
Let’s have a ball!
Lovers unite
It’s quite a sight!
It’s time to sing
And thank you, Spring!

Day 262:

Mar 19-another Celtic form, Cynghanedd Sain(Tonal Harmony). The development of the sound from the first main word to the second differs slightly from that of the third. The sound binds the first two parts of the line and the consonant chiming balances the third and fourth part. For the consonants and vowels ell/b ell/ (n d n) b, here is an example

 Elle Belle aneedin’ a beau.

Day 261:

Mar 18-back to more forms. This time with the Celtic Cynghanedd Draws(Crossing Harmony). Like the Cynghanedd Groes, but the two sets of consonants are separated by consonants that are not repeated. Here is a sample with mn/bb dd/mn.

 Many babies did moan.

Day 260:

Mar 17-St. Patty’s Day,

The green is here

Let’s have a cheer!

Saint Patty’s Day?

That’s all to say!

Day 259:

Mar 16-Navajo Planting Song Festival, Cherokee Green Corn Ceremony

Planting song

Irrigate

Plant the seed

Celebrate

Green new life

Food for all

Working

Planting

Singing

Dancing

Praying

Rejoicing

Spring is here

Festival

Planting song.

Day 258:

Mar 15-Tristubh, also from India, the Vedas dealing in body parts, typically the chest and arms, as part of the spirits of nature. 11 syllables, as many quatrains needed. Heavy-Light accents are specific with s or L, then LsLL- then a caesura. The 4^th or 5^th syllables end with the caesura. Then finish with ssLsLL. Very tough to duplicate in English.

Recall the Triskubh---is of metered spirits 

Short Long short Long Long—short short Long short Long Long

Eleven sounds out—and rejoice the body

Caesura four, five—and the rest to finish.

Day 257:
Mar 14-back to more forms, this time the Vedas from India called the Jagati. This deals with animals and nature. 12 syllables per line, with any number of quatrains, using a modified form of iambic called heavy-light. Does not need to rhyme. Sometimes uses short-long accents like the following: sLsLsLsLsLss.

Jagati, Vedas that’s twelve syllables to write

The heavy-light accent, iambic phrases make
However many phrases on Nature it takes
Or animals, just write it out as best you can.

Day 256:
Mar 13- Superstitious? Bad Luck? Another thirteen has arrived. Here’s a short poem. Title: Bad Luck

Bad luck

Slip on a duck
I certainly have pluck
A day like this can really suck
Rocks, try to taste some. Don’t taste like a buck

Day 255:
Mar 12-Girl Scout Day, I enjoy the cookies, and have friends encouraging young girls. Here’s to them. (#12,475)

Girl Scout Day

What a way!
Fun cookies
Teach rookies
Encourage
Entourage
Build courage
Here’s to you
Girl scouts true!

Day 254:

Mar 11-Sumerian Couplet, alternating 8 and 5 syllable lines, uses alliteration and assonance, parallelism and or opposition.

Ancient Sumerian Couplet

Alternating sounds

Eight and five alliterating

Parallel action

Assonance and opposition

Make your own couplets.

Day 253:

Mar 10-RenGay, an American adaptation of the Japanese Renga. Typically 2 or 3 poets, alternating 575, 77, 575, 575, 77, 575 syllables per line. Sharing with D.S. Teller.

Life can be Cheery

Two makes things interesting

A RenGay can help-AR

Five or Seven syllables

Alternate with a pattern-DST

Pick a theme that works

Pick a friend to write it out

Then write your poem.-AR

Six phrases combined

An American Renga

A linked form of Ren.-DST

A partner can make it fun

Just alternate your writing.-AR

Five, Seven, Five Seven, Seven

Mix and match all the phrases

Try it with a friend.-DST

Day 252:

Mar 9-Back to more forms. The Three, Five, Seven, from China. Parallel verses, 3 on either side of the break.

Three, Five, Seven: Words built up

Chinese thought, emotion, and will: Asian life philosophy for everything

A pattern for poetry is simple enough: try it yourself and be a poet.

Day 251:
Mar 8-International Women’s Day, a poem in honor of women

A celebration of femininity
The world’s balancing gender
A day to remember, and kindness render
Of the female, so tender
Creation’s jewel, generations renewed.

Day 250:
Mar 7-Ushnik, another Veda, using “Sunshine” meter, any number of Quatrains, 7 syllables per line.

Sunshine meter flowing on

Golden chariots fly high
Ushnik’s seven syllables
Veda’s quatrains, any number.

Day 249:

Mar 6-Brhati, from Vedas, 9 syllabled phrases of 4 lines, any number of Quatrains. Reference to “Life’s Breath”, or “That which grows”

“Life’s Breath,” the Brhati poem lives

“That which grows,” nine syllables each line

The quatrains can be any number

Pull now the chariot of the sun!

Day 248:

Mar 5-Kakuhb, Sanskrit, from India, tercets(Pada), 3 lines, 8,12,7 syllables, unrhymed.

The Kakuhb is a sanskrit form

Unrhymed tercets from India of mixed line length

Eight, twelve, seven syllables.

Day 247:

Mar 4-Tripadi, tercet, 8,8,10 syllables or 6,6,8, with aax, bbx, any number of phrases. Also from India.

The Tripadi form, a great tool

Eight, eight, ten syllalbes, so cool

Tercets from India, a fine poem.

Aax, bbx

Syllables make it flex

Try it with six, six, eight instead.

Day 246:

Mar 3-Payar, from Bengali Region  of India, any number of couplets, aa,bb,cc, etc. 14 syllables break into 4 units; 44*42[xxxx,xxxx,xxxx,xa]

The Payar form, from Bengali, with four units, to say

Xxxx,xxxx,xxxx,xa.

Syllables count, any couplets, try it yourself, it’s free.

4442, each line will do, it is easy, you’ll see.

Day 245:

Mar 2-Piplikamadhya, form from India, tercets with 12,8,12 syllable count.(#12,457)

Piplikamadhya, tercet from India

Twelve, eight, twelve syllables counted

Any number of phrases, now go and try it!

Day 244:

Mar 1-Naani, Form from India, observes human relations or current events. Quatrains, phrase has 20-25 syllables. Means “an expression of one and all”.

Naani, express one and all

Phrase? Any number

Twenty to twenty five, sound out!

Relations! Events!