Double Seven

This interesting form was created by Lisa La Grange of Allpoetry.

It is stanzaic, consisting of any number of quatrains.

Each quatrain will have its own abab rhyme pattern,

Where the a-rhymes will always be feminine.

It is isosyllabic, each line being seven syllable.

It is metric, each line having two metric feet, the first foot being four syllables, and the second foot being three syllables.

The a-rhyme lines consist of a secundus paeon + an amphibrach: da DUM da da / da DUM da

The b-rhyme lines consist of a tertius paeon + an anapest

 da da DUM da / da da DUM

So the meter of a stanza is thus:

da DUM da da da DUM da

da da DUM da, da da DUM

da DUM da da da DUM da

da da DUM da da da DUM

Example Poem

Just-Married(Double Seven)

I wonder if the bridegroom

has accepted yet the fact

that access to the bathroom

will be science, inexact.

I she wants to go shopping

and he's planned a poker game,

I think that he'll be copping

friends a plea they'll know is lame.

But he may find his laundry

looks much better than before

and find there is no quandary

for it's him she does adore.

© Lawrencealot - February 24, 2014

Visual Template

Where the red letters indicate lines with feminine rhyme.

Black Narcissus Tercet Rima

This form was invent by Barry Hopkins, aka Black Narcissus on Allpoetry.

As it turns out this is NOT a new form, indicated be the comment below: but the poet thought it was, and I am not knowledgeable enough to recognize historic precedents all of the time.  I'm leaving it, as it is a friendly form that has already gained some traction on Allpoetry, but a reading of the link below will give some proper attribution to previous users.

_____

Quote from Mary Boren:

"I agree that it's a very pleasing metrical pattern, Larry, but I wouldn't call it a newly invented form.  It has been used extensively in traditional verse of  the past and is especially popular in Australian Bush Verse.  I can't point to any specific examples from famous poets, but 

http://twiceblessed.be/poetry/bestofbytes/banjo.html

was written in 2001."

________

It consist of tercet stanzas.

It is syllabic 8/8/11

Rhyme Pattern: aab ccb dde ffe...

Meter: Anapest,

Sort lines:  Amphibrach,Trochee for the short lines.

                   da da DUM da DUM da DUM da (hence feminine rhyme)

Long Line   Anapest, Amphibrach,Trochee,Amphimacer for the long line

                   da da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM

Example

Cricket. ( By Jiminy! ) - Black Narcissus

It's the willow on the leather

and the doubts about the weather

that make cricket, lovely cricket, great for me.

There's a batsman and a bowler

and a light or heavy roller

that make cricket more like outdoor poetry.

There's a googly and a flipper,

there's the team and there's the skipper,

there is D.R.S and snicko for an edge.

There's a twelfth man and a third man,

there was body line and Bradman

and the Aussies who are often known to sledge.

There's a bouncer and a beamer

and the wily English seamer

who can move the ball in ways I can't describe.

There are pace men there are spinners,

there are losers there are winners

and some cheaters who've been known to take a bribe.

We've created twenty/twenty

where the runs are scored a'plenty

and one fifty is about an average score.

Yet I much prefer test cricket

on a fifth day turning wicket;

after five days though it might just be a draw.

Visual Template

Amaranth

Amaranth is an invented verse form that was probably created as a teaching tool by Viola Gardner. It makes deliberate use of the 9 most common metric feet. Each line is one metric foot, the pattern changing from line to line. 

The Amaranth is:

• 9 line strophe. It is a stand alone poem.
• metric, the 9 most common metric feet are used in sequence.
  L1 Spondee SS
  L2 Iamb uS
  L3 Pyrrhic uu
  L4 Dactyl Suu
  L5 Trochee Su
  L6 Amphimacer SuS
  L7 Choriamb SuuS
  L8 Anapest uuS
  L9 Amphibrach uSu
• rhymed at the discretion of the poet, although the metric restrictions are probably enough to contend with in this verse form.
  
  On the Cross by Judi Van Gorder
  
  Behold!
  I am
  without
  sinfulness.
  Blameless,
  innocent
  guileless, bereft
  pleasing God
  forever.

Pasted from <http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=1199#trillium>

With sincere thanks to Judi Van Gorder  for the above from the wonderful PMO site.

My Example Poem

Psychiatry     (Amaranth)

Wisecracks

are made

in the

analyst's

office

shedding light,

clearing the way

for a true

discourse.

© Lawrencealot - November 27, 2013

Visual Template

Lisa Rima

This is a new form invented by Lisa La Grange of Allpoetry.

It consists of two or more quatrains of set syllabic length.

and with a specified rhyme pattern.

Syllable are: 8/8/8/3, and

Rhyme is: zzza

Meter is:

da da DUM da DUM da DUM da for the 8 syllable lines, and

da da DUM for the final line of each stanza.

(Anapest, amphibrach, trochee,  (same thing as Anapest, iamb, iamb) then

Anapest for line 4)

Example Poem

Pony Up

I suppose our band is corny,

and our plight about as thorny,

as a Bishop getting horny.

That's a bit.

Now John Wayne is bold and dashing,

and friend Clint is big on smashing,

and they both are really cashing

in on it.

The guitar I play beautif'ly,

I quaff my beers down dutif'ly

and play poker quite fruitfully

when I sit.

When required my firearm shooting

at the bandits who are looting

will just leave the children hooting

quite a bit.

It's for peanuts that we're playing

that's despite skill we're displaying

so if they do not start paying

I shall quit.

© Lawrencealot - August 24,2013

Here is a Visual Template:

Gregory's Refrain

This is a poetry form invented in 2008 by Gregory James, writing on Allpoetry.com as Psydewaystears

The poem is Stanzaic, consisting of three or more octets.

Syllable: 8/7/8/7/7/7/7/7

Rhyme: ababxcxc

Refrain: Lines  5 through 7, first four syllables

The Refrain is required for the majority of the stanzas.

Meter:  long lines generally: Anapest,Iamb,Anapest  (da da DUM da DUM da da DUM)

                             Other lines: Anapest,Iamb,Iamb         (da da DUM da DUM da DUM)

Note: These specifications were derived and interpreted by myself, and the meter particularly is not hard and fast, but serves only as the normal guideline.

Example Poem

Take Bites        (Gregory's Refrain)

When the task you have before you

seems too large for just one man

just remember there's one more view

to describe your total plan.

Do a little bit right now

Do a little more today

Save a little for tomorrow

it's more doable that way.

When your tea's much too hot to drink

you don't throw it all away,

you just wait a while I would think.

come back later, it's okay.

While you're waiting check your mail,

While you're waiting make a call,

While you're waiting tidy up.

Oh, that tea-- you've drunk it all.

When the trellis stands starkly bare

though it wants to be embraced

it just waits, and does not despair.

and soon vines will kiss its face.

The vine pushes through the earth.

The vine pushes up the wall,

The vine pushes every day,

up the trellis proud and tall.

While the Mona Lisa looks fit,

I hear Leonardo deigned

it unfinished, he never quit

in the doing much was gained.

Just do part of what you figure

is the task ahead of you

even though you never finish

when you're done the job is through.

© Lawrencealot - August 28, 2013

Visual Template

15-10 Alternating

A poem where 15 syllable stanzas which begin with an anapest foot and having couplet rhyme

alternate with 10 syllable iambic stanzas with cross rhyme.

Rhyme Pattern: aabb cdcd

I first saw this used by Jeff Green but have no ideas if is already a name form/

Example Poem

Constitutional Deficiency

A democracy cannot endure when gimme people learn

that they can persuade their reps to confiscate what others earn.

This was first proclaimed by Tytler, then Alexis de Tocqueville

The right to direct one's earnings is in fact what makes one free.

My liberal friends think as I once did,

that government should cure whatever's wrong.

I recognized my error as a kid.

Someone must pay the piper for his song.

We've had only one elected man at top who truly tried

to impede the juggernaught we've wrought but could not hold the tide.

To defend our nation, use its strength to minimize abuse

are enough, but power wants more growth and leaps to find excuse.

The Tytle Cycle must run its full course.

Our try died not from faulty prior design.

We'll work for masters like the noble horse.

The blame my friends is really yours and mine.

© Lawrencealot - Feb. 7, 2013

Visual Template

5/3 Meter

A poem consisting of an odd number of quatrains

I have no idea if this form has been otherwise named, if you know please advise.

Alternating lines of 5 and 3 syllables, where

the odd lines consist of  an IAMB and an ANAPEST

da-DUM da-DUM-da

and the even lines consist of a DACTYL 

DUM-da-DUM

Each stanza uses individual rhyme pattern -abab

where the b-rhymes are always feminine

The first stanza is repeated as the final stanza.

Visual Template

Limerick

A limerick (is):

1. is five lines long,
2. is based on the rhythm "da-da-DAH" (anapest meter)
3. has two different rhymes.
4. Lines 1, 2, and 5 have three of those da-da-DAH "feet," and rhyme with each other.
5. Lines 3 and 4 have two, and rhyme with each other.

So the basic form is:

da da DAH / da da DAH / da da BING 

da da DAH / da da DAH / da da DING 

da da DAH / da da BAM 

da da DAH / da da WHAM 

da da DAH / da da DAH / da da PING 

Limericks can:

1. drop the first "da" in a line, changing that foot to da-DAH (iamb).
2. add an extra "da" or two at the end of a line IF it's used for an extended rhyme, such as people and steeple or cannibal and Hannibal.
3. use special fonts or characters to make a point,

A Limerick is a rhymed humorous or nonsense poem of five lines which originated in Limerick, Ireland.   

The Limerick has a set rhyme scheme of : a-a-b-b-a with a syllable structure of: 9-9-6-6-9. 

Limericks can also be written in AMPHIBRACH meter/

- two lines of amphibrachic trimeter, two lines of amphibrachic dimeter,

and a final line of amphibrachic trimeter.

Below my visual template shows two perfectly acceptable Limerick Forms.

Example Poem

Dancing with the Stars   (limericks)

There once was a hippo that  danced 

for a troupe that was poorly financed 

but when word got around 

what a treasure'd been found 

the promoters good fortunes advanced. 

So she hired a bear that could skate 

and folks made long queues at the gate

for in love were the stars 

both as big as small cars 

and the rumor was spread that they'd mate. 

Well the owner would not much like that, 

so she brought in a bull from North Platte 

that could juggle and dance 

just to counter the chance 

the hippo might later get fat.

© Lawrencealot - November 17, 2012

Visual Templates

Anapest version

Amphibrach Version