LaJemme

The LaJemme is a 5 stanza form created by poets Laura Lamarca and Jem Farmer.

Syllalbic:          10/10/10/10  8/8/8/6 8/8/8/6  10/10/10/10  10/10/10/10

End Rhyme Pattern:  abab cdfe gfdf hihi abab

Cross-rhyme required and interleaved rhyme required.

Expanded rhyme pattern:

 a(ab)(ba)(ab)(dc)(cd)(fe)(ef)g(gf)(fd)(df)h(hi)(ih)(hi)a(ab)(ba)(ab)

Where the first letter in parentheses is syllable 4, the second is end rhyme.

Meter: consistently iambic

As stated by the inventors:

Stanza 1, 10 syllables per line, Rhyme scheme abab, 4th syllable of each line is to rhyme with the end rhyme of the preceding line.

Stanza 2, syllable count: 8/8/8/6, Rhyme scheme cdef, with cross rhymes in each couplet on 4th syllable

Stanza 3, syllable count 8/8/8/6, Rhyme scheme gfdf, 4th syllable of each line follows the same rule as stanza 1.

Stanza 4, 10 syllables per line, Rhyme scheme hihi, 4th syllable of each line is to rhyme with the end rhyme of the preceding line.

Stanza 5, 10 syllables per line, Rhyme scheme abab, 4th syllable of each line is to rhyme with the end rhyme of the preceding line.

Note: I would have been much happier if the poets had required cross-rhyme in both short line stanzas, for sake of elegance and consistency.

Example poem.

Celeste     (LaJemme)

She comes some nights from mists beyond the sea

and sings to me the songs of sirens lore.

Notes float ashore in tones of upper C

that guarantee a mortal won't ignore.

I'm driven then to leave my wife

and leave my life behind again

and simply go as lemmings do.

This much is true, you know.

The amber glow within her eyes

would not surprise a wizard though

they do bestow control that men

succumb to when they glow.

She uses me to quench her mortal thirst

and from the first I've risen to her game.

I cannot tame the fires for she's well versed

and has rehearsed her wiles to much acclaim.

Her origin remains a mystery

It's plain to see she's easy to adore

and wanting more, to me comes naturally

I heed her plea and dance to her sweet score.

© Lawrencealot - December 19, 2014

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Licentia Rhyme Form

This is an invented form created by Laura Lamarca. 

This is an isosyllabic poem (lines all have same number of syllables - 11)

It is stanzaic, consisting of 5 or more 12 line stanzas

It is rhymed.  The Rhyme pattern is  AABBCCDDEEAA, BBffgghhiiAA, CCjjkkllmmAA etc.

It is a Refrain Poem with the nth couplet of the first stanza being the 1st couplet of the nth stanza and the first couplet is also the final couplet of every stanza.

The is no mandated meter.

Example Poem

Environmentally Friendly     (Licentia Rhyme Form)

"He sprinkled smiles to folks he met every day."

Let those words, when he's gone, be what people say.

A tree provides some refuge from heavy rain

his mirth provided escape from dull disdain.

A shopping trip or a walk was not worthwhile

if while about he'd not make some person smile.

His own good cheer was augmented without fail

if laughs arose from his own invented tale.

The thoughtless actions to which we all are prone

he overlooked, lest perhaps they were his own.

"He sprinkled smiles to folks he met every day."

Let those words, when he's gone, be what people say.

A tree provides some refuge from heavy rain;

his mirth provided escape from dull disdain.

A brief respite from the downpour bolsters one

with will to press on with what they have begun.

Though laughing won't remove underlying woes,

it unpollutes the place where folk's upset grows.

A friendly howdy do when it it's not required

may spread along the day leaving some inspired.

He gives away his smile but before he's gone,

you'  notice that there's another pasted on.

"He sprinkled smiles to folks he met every day."

Let those words, when he's gone, be what people say,

A shopping trip or a walk was not worthwhile

if while about he'd not make some person smile.

A child too shy to talk will still tell his folks

that he had fun with that old guy telling jokes.

He's pause for drivers anxious to push ahead

and choose a more distant place to parking stead.

He'd open doors for the ladies- (what a thought),

He behaved the way the kids of old were taught.

He figured gloominess was but state of mind

and helped all he met just leave that state behind.

"He sprinkled smiles to folks he met every day."

Let those words, when he's gone, be what people say,

© Lawrencealot - December 3, 2013

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A L'Arora

The A L'Arora, a form created by Laura Lamarca, consists of 8-lined stanzas. The rhyme scheme for this form is a, b, c, d, e, f, g, f with no syllable count per line. The minimum length for the poem is 4 stanzas with no maximum length stipulation. The A L'Arora is named after Laura Lamarca as "La" is her signature. "Aurora" is Italian and means "dawn" - "Arora" is derived from this. This form is dedicated to Chad Edwards.

Rhyme Scheme Re-Stated: xxxxxa xa, where "x" = no rhyme

Example:

To Eternity

She had harboured her conscience
as saddened seas set sail
and a hail of happiness
harpooned her harmed heart;
yet the start of her story
cast its line long ago...

when blame built a boat
to float to and fro.

She had waded through waters
towards distant dreams,
as sky's streams shone strong
for promise to grow,
and tide told of legends,
of pirates and gold...

of adventures and romance
and treasures to behold.

Soft breeze blew her homewards
towards challenge and smile,
over miles of surrender--
befriending love's sighs.
Undercurrents urged notions
to traverse oceans...and land

as anchors raised rainbows
and sorrows turned to sand.

She harnessed the beauty
that greeted her ashore,
as core swelled with longing
to sing songs...and survive.
And she lived with pride's palms
for forever and a day...

past's anchor has long rusted--
eroded echoes...stripped away.

Copyright © 2009 Laura Lamarca

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My Example Poem

Simple, Not Simplistic    (A L'Arora)

My mentor mentioned making my attempts

at penning poetry as speaking to a friend.

The grandiose perhaps will awe a few,

The academics, whose investment

in obcsure even

may seem propitious.

The common man will find

pretention not auspicious.

Your poems should be fun or run with one

to ideas delible in reader's mind

making them now indelible in his own

Arcadia.

Eschew condemnations, and benisons

but be exponent of provoking thought.

Let poetry maraud through newest  notions

and through concepts the Ancients may be taught.

Ignorance is pandemic

and helped along

by dogma,

the quintessential foe of reason.

If agencies are instru mental

in dumbing people down. . .

We poets and the world-wide net

is where new hope is found.

Confounding folks

won't do the trick

Didactic rants

shall also fail,

but creative and probing poems

when free of condescension,

may lead the Exodus from apathy

and get the world's attention.

(c) Lawrencealot - Nov 2013

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RemyLa Rhyme

The RemyLa Rhyme Form, a form created by Laura Lamarca, consists of 4 stanzas. 

Each stanza has four lines.

 The syllable count per stanza is 8/10/12/8 and

 the rhyme scheme is abca defd ghig jklj.

The first word of stanza 1 must also be the last word of stanza 4. 

The last word of stanza 1 must also be the first word of stanza 2 and the last word of stanza 2 must be the first word of stanza 3.

Finally, the last word of stanza 3 must also be the first word of stanza 4.

J1, x, x, x, x, x, x, a

x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, b

x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, c

x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, A1

A1, x, x, x, x, x, x, d

x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, e

x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, f

x, x, x, x, x, x , x, D1

D1, x, x, x, x, x, x, g

x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, h

x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, i

x, x, x, x, x, x, x, G1

G1, x, x, x, x, x, x, j

x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, k

x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, l

x, x, x, x, x, x, x, J

Example Poem

Cant Kick

Pants hanging around our butt-crack

We met, said "Howdy", got a bit rowdy

We'd rather play street ball, bounding and bouncing here

than go to the gym or the track.

Track my progress and you will find

I'm a kicker- and no one is quicker.

I simply own this ball game when played on this block.

I'm double-teamed and I don't mind.

Mind you that's in this neighborhood.

Today we we're aiming at taming foes

that kick a wicked ball in Homer's home ground.

There's never been a doubt they're good.

Good enough to stand a real chance.

With me doubled and tripled we did lose.

A loss costs the losers a high-wire pair of shoes.

Next time it could cost me my pants.

(Lawrencealot - June 22, 2012

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LaDán

This is a new form designed in June, 2013 by Laura Lamarca.

It is composed of 5 quatrain stanzas with varying length and meter,

but every line begins with an anapest foot.

This is a moderately  difficult form to write.

The requirements of the form in her own words  are:

Verses 1, 3 and 5

Rhyme scheme abab

L1 and L3 - 11 syllables, stressed syllables needed on beats 3, 6, 8 and 11

L2 and L4 -  9 syllables, stressed syllables needed on beats 3, 5, 7 and 9

Verse 2 and 4

Rhyme scheme baab

L1 and L4 - 9 syllables, stressed syllables needed on beats 3, 5, 7 and 9

L2 and L3 - 7 syllables, stressed syllables needed on beats 3 and 5.

MUST be a metaphoric poem, preferably dark and deeply emotive.

Rhyme scheme "abab cddc efef ghhg ijij" for the easy version or

Rhyme scheme "abab baab abab baab abab" for the more challenging version

Example Poem

This was written for a contest to name the form, I thought LaAnapestia would have been descriptive, but my thinking did not prevail.

Liberty's Tree     (LaAnapestia)

Disagreeable though it may be my friends,

a time comes when men who are born free,

(as all are), must leave kings who won't make amends.

They are kings because we let them be.

The untried Americans-to-be

who'd displayed recalcitrance

now displayed recognizance

of the threat to their own liberty.

As the spirit of patriots now depends

on the Jefferson's and Paine's to see

better ways to assure the power extends

to the common man, they write their plea.

They were radicals,  to disagree,

and they lacked the competence

to deny the providence

of the kings throughout our history.

It seems sometimes the voice of reason portends

a much greater change than taxing tea,

and revolution comes when man comprehends;

But it may cost blood from you and me.

© Lawrencealot - July 24, 2013

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CinqTroisDecaLa Rhyme

A CinqTroisDecaLa Rhyme
15 syllables per line
10 Lines
Rhyme scheme of AABBCCCABC
No meter is specified.

Formal poetic style by: Laura Lamarca


Example Poem

A Yellow Rose

A yellow rose to me is  like no other, nor can it be
for I was told of your own yellow rose before we ever
met. I decided your rose would be mine too when you first let
me  see it. Bouquets for you must include the yellow rose or
they stand incomplete. And I  never do or can pass one by
Without a quiet thought of you. No sweeter, perfume is sold
than I derive from one of those yellow fellows my  dearest.
Throughout our years of marriage, both the calm and boisterous times,
that flower has been significant to both of  us beyond
it's floral aspect. Not one day passed that we ignored the rose.

(c) Lawrencealot - April 5, 2012

La’Tuin

The La’Tuin, a poetic form created by Laura Lamarca, consists of 4-line stanzas with an 'abca, abca' rhyme scheme that is consistent throughout each stanza. Stanzas 2, 3 etc. must all follow the same rhyme sounds as the first stanza. With the first stanza being repeated again at the end of the piece. It contains a minimum of 4 stanzas, with no maximum length limit.

A strict syllable count of 9/8/9/8 is required per stanza.

In-Depth Explanation of rhyme:

Lines 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16 etc., all rhyme - this is the 'A' rhyme.
Lines 2, 6, 10, 14 etc, all rhyme - this is the 'B' rhyme.
Lines 3, 7, 11, 15 etc, all rhyme - this is the 'C' rhyme.
The La'Tuin is named after A'Tuin, a giant turtle from the Diskworld series. A turtle is a symbol of Mother Earth. La is Laura Lamarca's signature.


Example Poem

Many Ladies-in-Waiting   (La' Tuin)

While wives of King Henry were waiting
Their turn to be axed or booted,
they had to abhor his penchant for
extracurricular mating.
     
Except for queen Kath'rine, the grating
was less, their auditions suited,
the king's volition.  He wanted, more
of those young ladies-in-waiting.
     
Kath'rine loved Henry, while awaiting
her end, yet strongly refuted,
his demands.  I'm the queen, evermore!
...That seems as history's weighting.
     
While wives of King Henry were waiting
Their turn to be axed or booted,
they had to abhor his penchant for
extracurricular mating.

© Lawrencealot - April 9, 2012



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La'Tuin LaFemme

This form created by Lawrence Eberhart, aka Lawrencelot  

      

It is an altered version of the La'Tuin form to facilitate feminine rhyming.           

The La’Tuin, a poetic form created by Laura Lamarca,        

The La'Tuin is named after A'Tuin, a giant turtle from the        

Diskworld series. A turtle is a symbol of Mother Earth.         

La is Laura Lamarca's signature.        

        

It contains a minimum of 4 stanzas, with no maximum length limit.                       

A strict syllable count of 9/8/9/8 is required per stanza.                 

It has abac rhyme consitent through-out the stanza.                

Lines 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16 etc., all rhyme - this is the 'A' rhyme.                 

Lines 2, 6, 10, 14 etc, all rhyme - this is the 'B' rhyme.                 

Lines 3, 7, 11, 15 etc, all rhyme - this is the 'C' rhyme.                

        

Therein lies it's structural weakness. By requiring that the  9 syllable lines rhyme with 8 syllable lines,  if the poet choose iambic (or trochaic) meter it disallows a more natural and pleasing feminine rhyme.        

        

The improved rhyming scheme of the QuatrainLaFemme is:        

A B A2 C   abac  abac  …  AB A2 B C  

Example Poem

More Ladies-in-Waiting

The wives of Henry were all waiting

Their turn to be axed or booted 

while extracurricular mating

was Henry's favored night-time sport. 

        

Except for queen Kath'rine, the grating

was less ironically suited, 

for the others all been creating

their turns by schemings at the court.. 

        

Kath'rine loved Henry, while awaiting

her end, but strongly refuted, 

his claims, yet without denigrating

him.  Majestic was her support.. 

        

The wives of Henry were all waiting

Their turn to be axed or booted 

while extracurricular mating

was Henry's favored night-time sport. 

(c) Lawrencealot - April 9, 2012

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Lauranelle

A poetic form created by Laura Lamarca,
The Lauranelle - is a hybrid (variation) of both the Villanelle and the Terzanelle forms.

 It consists of 6 tercets and 1 quatrain
ending with a refrain made up of lines 1 and 3.

 Lines MUST be 10 syllables in length and also MUST be in iambic pentameter.

Rhyme scheme is as follows:

A1bA2 bcb cdc ded efe fbf ggA1A2

Poems can either be formatted in stanzas or as a whole piece without line-spacing.

Example Poem

A Little Uncertainty Goes a Long Way (Lauranelle)

When we without a doubt accept as real
what we are told is settled fact about
most anything- we are enchained by zeal.

When pulpiteer delivers truth with clout
conditions favor comfort if you choose
a certain truth you need not think about.

Illusions pleasant though they be to use
as guideposts do not come without their cost.
Bestowed, our reason seems not just to lose.

No fact of science has proved settled long,
religion not at all.  That we don't know
conditions maybe right- but maybe wrong

do not excuse intransigence in thought.
Mere beliefs deemed a truth worthy of war.
Absurd!  Is bellicosity now sought?

One outcome zeal promotes is hate.  The door
to human peace is open if all shout,
"Wait-- I may be wrong Let us think some more."

What one thinks is so simply may not be.
We may kill men for an absurdity.
When we without a doubt accept as real
most anything- we are enchained by zeal.

(c) Lawrencealot - June 27, 2012




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ZaniLa Rhyme

The ZaniLa Rhyme is a poetry form created by Laura Lamarca.

A ZaniLa Rhyme has an minimum of three quatrain stanzas with 

a specific rhyme scheme and syllable count. 

There is no maximum length requirement for the form.

In each stanza, the rhyme scheme is abcb 

and the syllable count is 9/7/9/9.

Along with the end-line rhyme scheme, the ZaniLa Rhyme 

also has an internal rhyme in line 3 of each stanza.

Line 3 repeats in all odd-numbered stanzas, as written in stanza one. 

In all even-numbered stanzas, line 3 repeats 

but the order of the line is reversed.

Example Poem:

Right ZaniLa Wrong   ( ZaniLa Rhyme )

ZaniLa threw me a couple times

So I'll write another one.

Internal rhyme in this line this time

to illustrate how it should be done.

I had a d-rhyme within my rhymes

and of d's there should be none.

In this line this time- internal rhyme

in reversed order from when begun.

I can toot the horns and ring the chimes

for I've got the battle won.

Internal rhyme in this line this time.

Finally my errors are undone.

     © Lawrencealot - December 30, 2012

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