Jram

Jram form Invented by LilacThOughts of Allpoetry.com.

5 quatrain stanzas
10 syllables to each line
Rhyme scheme: aabb bbcc bbdd aadd aaff
The last line of 1st stanza becomes 1st line of second stanza
3rd line of 1st stanza becomes 1st line of 3rd stanza
2nd line of 1st stanza becomes 1st line of 4th stanza
1st line of 1st stanza become 1st line of 5th stanza


There are no metric requirements, but any may be used
by the poet, Iambic Pentameter works well

This form may also be used with tetrameter
as a poetic option.


Example Poem

Poets' Love

Our poems relieved a certain unrest.
We drove each other to produce our best.
Though verse we lived where neither still could go.
Within our verses we did make it so.

Within our verses we did make it so.
We'd sail on yachts and sip of fine Bordeaux.
Tall peaks were climbed and pleasant valleys crossed.
We found adventure, and our fears were lost.

Though verse we lived where neither still could go.
We crossed desserts and mountains capped with snow.
Ignoring barriers thwarting us in life,
By-passed, surmounted without any strife.

We drove each other to produce our best.
We strolled thru poem forms as though possessed.
We thought a lot alike and loved to share.
I felt alone at times she wasn't there.

Our poems relieved a certain unrest.
We soothed each other during times of stress.
When things became too much for her to bear.
I only hoped it mattered I was there.

© Lawrencealot - September 15, 2013



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