Day 243:

Feb 28-Ovi, Indian form from The Marathi Region, 4 lines per phrase, aaax. 8 syllables for a, less for x. poems comprise Love, social irony, and heroes or heroic actions.(#12,411)

Do you love the Hindu Ovi?

Heroes and social irony
From the region of Marathi
This is how you write them.
 

Eight syllables per line you see

Aaax per phrase it be
Close with less syllables with glee
And then you’re done.

Day 242:

Feb 27- Cynghanedd Groes o Gysswyllt (cross od connection harmony) not neatly balanced between the two halves of the line, but begins before the main pause.

O, a terrific chap, traffic Chip!

Day 241:

Feb 26- back to some Celtic forms. Cynghanedd Groes Gytbys Ddiacm. (Balanced Criss-cross Harmony). Stresses in the consonants are in exactly the same position in both halves of the line.

I bit a bat.

Day 240:

Feb 25-Back to more forms. 4 Syllable verse, which is a Chinese form similar to Ssu Yen Shih. 3 phrases(Quatrains), 4 syllables with parallels. Aaxa, bbcc, cdcd.

Four Syllable

Verse that is full

aaxa

Do not be dull.

Of quatrains three

Bbcc

A rhyming feat

Parallel beat.

Cd, repeat

Try it, it’s fun.

It can’t be beat

Now you are done.

Day 239:

Feb 24-Purim, the Hebrew Holiday, Rescue of the Jews, Queen Esther’s heroics. done in Yiddish Folk Verse: Stanzaic,any number of quatrains, occasionally written in sixains. Accentual, written with 4 stressed syllables per line and any number of unstressed syllables, rhyme xaxa, xbxb, etc. x is unrhymed. Sometimes abab cdcd, sixains in rhyme aabccb ddeffe, etc. This version will be a sixtain. (#12,410)

Purim, a celebration of peace

A Queen helped violence to her people to cease

Esther by name, history by fame

While hated by Haman who was hung

Her exploits are now forever sung

For life, freedom, and peace, there’s Purim.

Day 238:

Feb 23- Native American Prancing Song, Each section has the rhythmic meter 3,2,3. The sections are AAABCD[doubles lines]AB. Each section organized by vowels. Title: Prance Dance

 A Prance Dance

Spring Joys

Winter leaves

A Prance Dance

Snow goes

Warmth returns

A Prance Dance

Sun shows

Light returns

Noisy joy

Unlock

Songs aglow

Beckoning

Under

Winter’s tasks

Pray and praise

Great Father

Eager

Happy

Dance away

Springs’ coming

A Prance Dance

Snow goes

Light returns

Noisy joy

Unlock

Songs aglow

Day 237:

Feb 22-George Washington’s Birthday, Title: The Founding President

The first of many to come

Revered by more than some

The Founding President.

Honest in what he’d say

Knew the part he would play

The Founding President.

George Washington, the man

The Constitution’s plan

The Founding President.