Whitney

WHITNEY

This titled syllabic form, created by Betty Ann Whitney, has exactly seven lines.

Syllable Pattern:  3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 7

Example:

In the Garden Year

Voted best 

Among the months 

May and June 

Sprout root and grow. 

Soon will dance 

On wiry stems 

A blend of upturned blossoms.

Betty Ann Whitney, Wesley Chapel, FL 

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My Example Poem

Introducing Summer  (Whitney)

Trampolines

and Bar-B-ques

and new mown

grass are mighty

fine, but still,

bikinis I

like best; hope I always will.

© Lawrencealot - April 15, 2014

Waltz Wave

WALTZ WAVE

This form, named for Leo Waltz, the Web Manager of Sol Magazine, asks for a one-stanza titled poem, with nineteen lines; each line has a set number of syllables.

Pattern:   1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1

Words may be split into syllables to fit the pattern.  This form seems to educe a soothing cadence as the lines gently increase and decrease, so it is suggested that topic chosen for this form also be soothing. 

  

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