Memento

Themed:          about a holiday or anniversary.

Stanzaic:          sestet consisting of two tercets

Syllabic:            8/6/2/8/6/2

Rhymed:           abcabc

Source quoted:

Memento, created by Emily Romano is a poem about a holiday or an anniversary, consisting of two stanzas as follows: the syllable count should be 8 beats for line one; 6 beats for line two; and two beats for line three. This is repeated twice for each stanza. The rhyme scheme is: a/b/c/a/b/c for each of the two stanzas.

Example #1:

Sky Flowers

Circumference unlimited

As flowers in the sky

Expand;

We stand in awe, inhibited,

As bright explosives fly

From land.

July wears flowers in the sky

Spreading above the town

In flight;

We stand in awe, ready to cry

Aloud as they resound

This night.

Copyright © 2007 Emily Romano

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/memento.html

My Example Attempt

This Night     (Memento)

The faces of the children glow

expecting old Saint Nick

this night,

with wonder only children know

and hoping to sleep quick

tonight.

© Lawrencealot -December 4,2013

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Mystique Sonetillo Acróstico

This form was created by  Alberto Jose Alvarez Gonzalez aka MystiqueWizzard

It is a mixture of  Acrostic, Sonetillo and English Sonnet as it would end with rhyming couplet.

Here´s the twist:
8 syllables : Stanzas 1 -3
7 syllables  :Stanza 2 and couplet
Rhyming Scheme is: abba bccb cddc ee
The closing couplet must conclude what's stated in the first two stanzas and
the third stanza will be a little change in the direction of the statement( light volta).
You must choose a theme that holds 14 letters so you can make it acrostic.

The theme MUST be a satire or hold an obvious satirical tonality.

Example Poem

Transformation

America, Obama said,
Needs fundamental change-- and hope.
That he, a dream black, clean as soap,
Implied would be so free of dread.

Can't 'member him saying "Nope,
All thru creating, so much
Prosperity-- losing touch
Indeed with the poor man's need."

There's green that needs the Fed's soft touch.
All businesses need our control
Lest they be soon on public dole.
Imagine! We can be your crutch.

So yep,  I do have small change.
That's one thing he did arrange.

© Lawrencealot - August 25, 2012

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