Octodil

• The Octodil is an invented verse form that uses only even numbered syllable lines. It was created by Viola Berg.
  
  The Octodil is:
• a poem in 8 lines, an octastich.
• syllabic, 4-4-6-6-8-8-6-6 syllables per line.
• unrhymed and no feminine or falling end words.

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Pasted from http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=1882#baccresiez

My Thanks to Judi Van Gorder for the wonderful resource at PMO

My Example poem

Who Says?   (Octodil)

An owl flew by

and looked into my eyes

and though I know I'd heard

him hooting in the dark of night

I'd never seen the fellow's face.

I've understood that owl's

are wise- it's true; he did

not ask me "Who?"

© Lawrencealot - April 3, 2014