P is for Paradelle |
This form is a parody of a villanelle. It's not supposed to make sense. It is a poem of four six-line stanzas in which the first and second lines, as well as the third and fourth lines of the first th...
Posted by Casey on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:03:00 PST |
O is for Open Verse Haiku |
Open verse haiku is a form of poetry where you string several haikus together to create a longer poem...She. She steps. She. She.She walks in cat-strides, slow sway,Can't help but follow.Step. Step sl...
Posted by Casey on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:31:00 PST |
N is for Nonsense Poem |
A fractal poem with a point, but not a point. Comprenez vous?But I knew it would end up like thisBut I knew itI knew that it would endImagining white face, mouth wide, back archedI no longer wish to w...
Posted by Casey on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:49:00 PST |
M is for Monostich |
A monostich is a poem that is clever and is only one line long... It's hard.Office HumorWhat is the sound of one man laughing?--First dateA little liquor in the system lubricates the bad decisions...
Posted by Casey on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:18:00 PST |
L is for Limerick |
There was a boy who lived near MooreWho was fascinated by my back doorI'd say, "Knock up front!"He'd always pull a stuntActing stupid he'd say, "Oops, wrong door!"
Posted by Casey on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:58:00 PST |
K is for Keatsian Ode |
Iambic pentameter, ababcdecde rhyme scheme x 3 verses. boo.In my mind I braid your hair, fingers partYour waves like seas, and I've become Noah.This is, of course, how the delusions start,Exploring yo...
Posted by Casey on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:52:00 PST |
I is for Interlocking Rubaiyat |
I is for&.Interlocking Rubaiyat. Rhyme scheme is aaba, bbcb, ccac.I do not know how to live in this skin.There is flesh, with bone, muscle, blood withinAll beating with the same dull pulsationBut my i...
Posted by Casey on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:47:00 PST |
H is for Haiku |
there is silence here,it lurks beneath the surfaceand grows like fungus.
Posted by Casey on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:49:00 PST |
G is for Glose |
A glose starts with a texte and comments on it through expanded discussion. In other words, it takes the texte, which may be a stanza of any number of lines and then creates a stanza for each of those...
Posted by Casey on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:04:00 PST |
F is for Free Verse |
Because I'm lazy, this will be free verse.I do not knowWhere the wind blowsAnd so I follow in the wakeOf cars and planesWhich lead me back and forthBut always astray.I hang my heart above me likeA wan...
Posted by Casey on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:21:00 PST |
