- The Balance attempts to create
an ebb and flow rhythm. The rhythm is created by a specific syllabic
designation per line as well as an intricate rhyme scheme. This verse form
was created by Viola Berg.
The Balance is: - stanzaic, framed in 4 cinquains. The patterns of the cinquains change from stanza to stanza.
- syllabic,
stanza 1 =10-8-6-4-2 syllables.
stanza 2 =2-4-6-8-10 syllables
stanza 3 =10-8-6-4-2 syllables
stanza 4 = 2-4-6-8-10 syllables - rhymed, rhyme scheme Abcde edcba abcde edcbA.
- composed with a refrain, the 1st line of the poem is repeated as
the last line.
Short Balance by Judi Van Gorder
Centered on the page the words resonate
with sounds of fingers striking
the computer keyboard.
Tapping into
my muse.
Good news,
the verse in due
time takes shape, strikes a chord
without inspiration spiking.
Centered on the page the words resonate.
Related forms: Baxter's Hexastitch, Butterfly Cinquain, Cinquetun, Cinquino, Crapsey Cinquain, CinqCinquain, Cinquain Chain, Cinquain Swirl, Didactic Cinquain, Mirror Cinquain, Oddquain Butterfly, Standard Cinquain, The Balance
My
Thanks to Judi Van Gorder for the wonderful resource at PMO
My
Sample Poem
Fish
wrap is Functional (The Balance)
The
paper tells of babies being born,
while
businesses are formed and fold,
and
folks grow old and die,
while
other's kill
or
cheat
to
beat
other's
for thrill
or
just because they're high.
The
earth's getting too hot or cold;
associations
steer and hold in scorn
those
men who break from ranks and won't adorn
concepts
as right, because they're old.
Opinions
satisfy,
candidates
will
just
tweet
or
greet
with
smarmy skill
while
business goes awry
and
we the sheeple, are controlled.
The
paper tells of babies being born.
©
Lawrencealot - March 7, 2014
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