Day 328:

May 24- Florette, a couplet with 6 syllables, and internal rhyme

Florette form set in time

Six sounds found in a rhyme.

The modified form of the Florette uses 5 lines, aabba.

A fine line a good message makes

Would good news should have what it takes?

Some sad thing may bring on bad luck

Hopefully you won’t pass the buck

And hand out cool blessings for everyone’s sakes.

Day 327:

May 23-Back to another form, Decuain, by Shelley Cephas, 10 lines, 10 syllables, iambic pentameter, 3 choices for rhyme scheme: ababbcbcaa, ababbcbcbb, or ababbcbccc.

The poem form Decuain is unique

Iabic meter with ten line and sounds

The rhyme scheme follows patterns you’re to seek

With two ab’s, bc’s and a’s do rounds

Or other rhyme schemes calling out the hounds

Ababbcbcbb

Or maybe you prefer a type that pounds

Ababbcbccc

Twas made by Shelley Cephas, o so sleek!

Now try it out yourself, it won’t be weak!

Day 326:

May 22- Whit Embertide, spring celebration and worship, a poem

Whit

Fasting,

Worshiping

Celebration

Embertide

Praising

God

Day 325:

May 21-Con-verse, by Connie Wong, starts with a 7 syllable couplet, with 3 or more couplets in the form. Each additional couplet adds a syllable, 7/7,8/8,9/9,10/10,11/11, then start again with 7.

The Con-verse form is by Wong

It’s easy, you can’t go wrong.

Seven syllables starts it out

Three or more couplets make a route.

Add one syllable for each new phrase

Til ten lines are reached, stop to gain praise!

Day 324:
May 20- back to forms, Cinqtroisdecala, 15 syllable lines, rhyme scheme aabbcccabc, from Laura Lamarca

The Cinqtroisdecala is an interesting form to do

Fifteen syllables per line you must have to make the style true
Ten lines are rhyme for this single stanza poem to stand on
Aabbcccabc will make you its pawn
Lamarca invents such fascinating forms on which to play
It might be harder if it were more than one stanza at bay
But since it is just one, then anyone can try if they may
So now get out your dictionary and your thesaurus too
Count down each line and syllable until each of them is gone
Then you can say with the best of them that you did it your way.

Day 323:
May 19- Pentecost, in honor of this, a poem,

Pentecost, a lovely feast

Fifty days the past to remember
Time to reflect on the Law and the Prophets
And institution of the Passover.

Day 322:
May 18-Armed Forces Day, in their honor, this poem(#12,671)

The soldiers march to the grand beat

All branches celebrate their feat
Serving their country, they did fight
To protect us, our sovereign right
Let us remember in this way
By honoring Armed Forces Day.