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.