Saturday, March 11, 2006
SHORT FORMS
SHORT POETRY FORMS I HAVE CREATED & PROMOTED
imagine
and dream
on
will always
delight me
me
the minutes
quickly
flee
Why not give these forms a try
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This page illustrates the fun involved to write' poetic form especially suitable for introducing an indigenous short poetic form, developed and created from within, the English language literary culture.
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EMILY
EMILY the form
emily form is a 2(or sometimes 3) line paradox form
(I labelled it thus,as it was inspired by Emily Dickinson poem 1732).It may or may not have a title,uses a word with separate meanings,(or one that sounds the same,with a different spelling) with the intention to mean several things,therby to enhance the thought's ambiguity/enigma.
ED 1732 begins: My life closed twice- before it's close
and from SHAKESPEARE's Romeo & Juliet:
ask for me tomorrow- and you will find a grave man
and my 'emily' is
free by a sacrifice-
a sacrifice for free
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DARYUSH
This triplet sequence 6/5/3 I so labelled after 'Accidentedal' by Elizabeth Darush(1887-1977)
it encapsulates a complete thought of sentence,with a measured ending on a single topic
Just for a moment,wait
hesitate and dream
... and receive
Step outside the box
imagination cries
... to be freed,
Unshackled ,awaken
conception's can-do,
... make believe;
Experiment and try
the novel ,unique
.. lies in you,
Just for a moment,don't
hesitate ,let it
... formulate
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EMBLEM POEM
an emblem poem,with a crude picture of an everyday scene,underwhich is a motto- followed by the poem.which is to teach,rather like a parable.This example of my was inspired by George Herbert's The Churche-Floore
https://allpoetry.com/The-Church-Floore
Emblem-The Church Wall
Look there,do you see the wall of red brick
each upon the other:
leans with great care.
One joined evenly next to the other
bonded together in
equality:
Participating in their purposes
combining ,each their strengths
the load to share:
Weathered with the storms of life on its face
enduring through
eternity:
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WORD MORPH a wordplay form: the trick is to transform (morph)just one letter of opening word yet still remain poetic
WARM to me my love,do not cool
WARE am I,you made me your fool
FARE no further for I fear
FIRE extinguished by one tear-
FINE words might yet..ope your ear
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SNOWBALL (or plus-1) a letter is added at each line & can be sequenced
LOVE'S PROMISE
I
of
you
dear
heart-
I
my
all
will
allow-
I
to
you
avow
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SEPTIMAL witty tristich with seven syllables & integral title
COME CLOSER
was Seurat
making a
point
ART TROUVE
lost & found
upon the
beach
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TETRACTYS
The challenge with the RAY STEBBING tetractys form is that each line is required 'to stand on its own '
and yet
the poem is to express a complete thought,within the narrow compass of the 20 syllables.
as below
Eye
poems
displaying
a shapely form,
exempting audition from needless stress.
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VVV (visual vertical verse) is inspired by A R Ammons 'Cleavage 'and 'Chasm ' poetry ,published in 1990) To this gap poetic form I have now applied a new convenient label , VVV .
THE ETERNAL PAUSE a VVV
soft spoken
voiced musings
open verse
lingers in
the ear
dwelling for
a moment
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ENGLYN Note on form:ENGLYN a quatrain from Welsh poetry of 30 syllables in four lines 10,6,7,7.The sixth syllable of line one annouces the rhyme,the last syllable of succeeding three lines rhyme with it.(The final syllable of line one is without rhyme).The content often has an enigmatic quality.
Her love was like a rose,with no perfume.
Dressed in very fine clothes
passion she could not propose,
brought the romance to a close.
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A demi-SONNET verse
My faith is part of me,
as is my poetry;
It could not be any other way,
two sides of one coin,I now say;
It's who I really was,you see
hidden,then released,in me
Faith,and my poetry
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CINQKU an imagist tanka(created by US poet Denis Garrison)
winter
arrives late
in the forest-
a stoat melts into the
snowdrift
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EMAGI tea for two
emagi=a digital reverse ekphrasis
Tea for two by Irving Caesar
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BROKEN monoku is a single line hiku with a caesura
Go with the flow-
spontaneity to know
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VIGNETTE a quintain narrative
NATIVITY a VERSE vignette
a maiden from Nazareth
fully human,never divine
in a stable did confine
brought forth a child-
human,Jesus,saviour..mine
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End Line Rhyme as a footle
SENIOR MOMENTS. FOOTLE
Here I am at a very great old age with same chat)
for these days I can only recall old tales, off pat)
Toothless now and decayed so no, long kiss)
for that's certainly something best, to miss)
Reading with a magnifying glass in , large print)
with very strong glasses for close-up, or squint)
In my chair most afternoons having, no sap)
having to pace myself or without doubt , need nap)
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3-2-1 (3 then 2 then 1 syllables)
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1-2-3 PERFECT SIX a tristich in syllables or words with integral title
Abstract art
no
figure-
go figure
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