Loop Poetry

Loop Poetry is a poetry form created by Hellon. There are no restrictions on the number of stanzas nor on the syllable count for each line. In each stanza, the last word of the first line becomes the first word of line two, last word of line 2 becomes the first word of line 3, last word of line 3 becomes the first word of line 4. This is followed for each stanza. The rhyme scheme is abcb.

Variations: 

1. Stanzas, writers choice on the number, no rhyming, the last word, first word scheme is maintained.  The rhyme scheme is abcb. (added by blogger)

2. One long stanza, no limit on number of lines, no rhyming scheme, the last word, first word scheme is maintained.

3. Couplets mixed with 4 line stanzas, the last word, first word scheme is maintained in the stanzas. It can also be used in the couplets.

Rhyme scheme is ab, cc, defg, hh, ii, jklm, nn, oo.

Example #1:

How I See You

Eyes that don't see

see the things that you do

do you wish me to describe

describe how I see you...

Skin so delicate

delicate as a rose

rose that will blossom

blossom as it grows.

Hair moving gently

gently you tease

tease...softly whispering

whispering summer breeze.

Voice so melodic

melodic singing birds

birds, such sweet tunes

tunes...enchant like your words.

Dress...rustling

rustling tress bare

bare as leaves fall

fall, the colour of your hair.

Your perfume..sweet fragrance

fragrance frangipani's bring

bring back many memories

memories of spring.

Yes...I am blind

blind, yet I see

see in my mind

mind you fill will glee.

Copyright © 2009 Hellon

Example #2:

Bloody eyes

Bloody eyes..watching..waiting

waiting in gloomy shadows

shadows of night

night so...still

still they watch, still they wait

wait for you

you..the next victim

victim of evil

evil that lurks

lurks in silence

silence then...screams

screams...then silence

silence of night

night of shadows

shadows of gloom..waiting

waiting...watching

watching..bloody eyes

Copyright © 2009 Hellon

Example #3:

Picture Frame

Looking out at the world from a picture frame

smile frozen in time.. skin of porcelain

Eyes of green meadows on a warm summer's day

auburn hair falling cascades to disarray...

disarray like her life

life changed this young girl

girl with a past

past life..secrets hidden

around the frame wallpaper is faded

just like her life, over...jaded

smile frozen in time behind emerald eyes

there in a past entwined with lies

Lies...there were many

many secrets..haunting

haunting her now

now re-living the nightmare

Fear of a night she would rather forget

so long ago still she lives with regret

picture frame now smashed, shattered glass on the floor

just like her life, dreams are no more.

Copyright © 2009 Hellon All Rights Reserved

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Essence

Stanzaic, consisting of any number of couplets

Isosyllabic, Hexasyllabic lines

Rhyme Pattern: xbxcxa xbacxa, where b and c are interlaced rhyme, AND c is optional.

      Note: The b and c rhymes can be found on any syllables.

• Essence is a rhyming hexasyllabic couplet with internal rhyme with a twist. Normally in English prosody "internal rhyme" refers to a word within the line rhyming with the end word of that line or the end word of the previous line. However in this verse form internal rhyme refers to words from somewhere within the line rhyming internally within the next line, it could be 1 or 2 rhymes. (This could be tricky in only 6 short syllables.) Found at ShadowPoetry.com and attributed to Emily Romano, published in P.O.E.T. magazine in 1981.
  The essence is:
• stanzaic, written in any number of couplets.
• syllabic, hexasyllabic lines.
• end rhymed as well as interlaced rhyme. x b x x c a b x c x x a The b and c interlaced rhymes may be placed in any position within the lines, the c rhyme is optional.

Two short lines with end rhyme
sort within, tend to time.
------Judi Van Gorder

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My great thanks to Judi of PMO, for the above.

II made one change in the description.  Instead of referring to the b and c rhymes as internal rhyme, I scalled them interlaced rhyme.

Rhyming a word in the middle of one line with a word in the middle of another is called interlaced rhyme.

Here, thanks to Bob Newman of Volecentral, is the most definitive list of rhyme types I have ever encountered.   http://www.volecentral.co.uk/vf/rhyme.htm

My  Example Poem

Bye Bye,  Bad Boy      (Essence)

Next time you reel me in

to climb and feel and sin,

I plan to take to bed

a man to slake instead.

© Lawrencealot - Thanksgiving day 2013

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Blitz Poem

• The Blitz Poem is an invented verse form found on line at Shadow Poetry, it was created by Robert Keim. As the name implies it is a rush of phrases and images with rapid repetition as if creating a sudden and intense attack on the senses. It is a kind of twisted Chain Verse. The Blitz is:
• stanzaic, written in 25 couplets, a total of 50 lines.
• unmetered. Lines should be short, but at least 2 words, like rapid fire.
• unrhymed.
• composed with words that are repeated from line to line in the following pattern:%5BLIST%5D.
• L1 A short phrase, can be cliché.
• L2 The first word of L1 is repeated as the first word of L2. From here on, the last word of the even numbered line is repeated as the first word of each line in the next couplet through L48.
• L49 is the repetition of the last word of L48.
• L50 is the repetition of the last word of L47.
• unpunctuated.
• titled, which includes the first words of L3 and L47.

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Many Thanks to Judi Van Gorder for the above.

Here are the rules:

• Line 1 should be one short phrase or image (like “build a boat”)
• Line 2 should be another short phrase or image using the same first word as the first word in Line 1 (something like “build a house”)
• Lines 3 and 4 should be short phrases or images using the last word of Line 2 as their first words (so Line 3 might be “house for sale” and Line 4 might be “house for rent”)
• Lines 5 and 6 should be short phrases or images using the last word of Line 4 as their first words, and so on until you’ve made it through 48 lines
• Line 49 should be the last word of Line 48
• Line 50 should be the last word of Line 47
• The title of the poem should be three words long and follow this format: (first word of Line 3) (preposition or conjunction) (first word of line 47)
• There should be no punctuation

There are a lot of rules, but it’s a pretty simple and fun poem to write once you get the hang of it.

Pasted from <http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/poetry-prompts/poetic-form-the-blitz-poem>

Many Thanks to Robert Lee Brewer for the above.

Example Poem:

Tarts to Party   (Blitz Poem)

pop some corn

pop some  tarts

tarts  tastes good

tarts needs heat

heat that tart

heat the cider

cider gets warm 

cider smell invites

invites the neighbor

invites neighbor's wife

wife is a tart

wife is a  friend

friend with benefits

friend indeed

indeed we're swinging

indeed we're singing

singing folksongs

singing Christmas Carols

Carol's the wife

Carol's now dancing

dancing on table

dancing with guys

guys like popcorn

guys like tarts

tarts are sweet

tarts get warm

warm the popcorn

warm the brew

brew some for me

brew some for you

you laugh and sing

you brought joy

Joy is single

Joy will mingle

mingle under mistletoe

mingle everywhere you know

Know she's a tart

Know fun's to start

start to hug

start to kiss

kiss the missus

kiss the miss

miss nothing

miss Trixie is here

here is the fun

here is the party

party on dudes

party hearty

hearty

dudes

© Lawrencealot - November 27, 2013

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Cyhydedd hir

Cyhydedd Hir, cuh-hée-dedd heer (long cyhydedd), the 18th codified ancient Welsh Meters an Awdl, is most often written as a couplet following other metered couplets within a stanza.

Cyhydedd Hir is:
• written in any number of single lines made up of 19 syllables divided into 3 rhymed 5 syllable phrases and ending in a 4 syllable phrase carrying a linking rhyme to the next line.
• or could be written as a couplet of a 10 syllable line and a 9 syllable line. The 5th and 10th syllables of the 10 syllable line are echoed in rhyme mid line of the 9 syllable line which also carries a linking end-rhyme to be echoed in the end syllable of each succeeding couplet or stanza.
• or the couplet can be separated at the rhyme, into tercet or quatrain.

single line
x x x x A x x x x A x x x x A x x x B

or as a couplet

x x x x A x x x x A
x x x x A x x x B

or quatrains
x x x x A
x x x x A
x x x x A
x x x B

x x x x C
x x x x C
x x x x C
x x x B

or tercets
x x x x A
x x x x A
x x x x A x x x B

x x x x C
x x x x C
x x x x C x x x B

x x x x D
x x x x D
x x x x D x x x B

Pasted from <http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=970> 

Thanks to Judy Van Gorder for her effort on this wonderful resouce.

Example Poem

Lovers in the Park

Lovers in the park
Share a certain spark,
life is but a lark.
They share desire.
Soft whispers calling,
on grass they're sprawling,
each other mauling,
Eros on fire.

Wanting without shame,
desire sparks the flame,
part of all love's game,
this is true lust.
In his eyes a gleam,
her pulse one hot stream.
for each-- what a dream,
this sensual trust.

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This is from Mirrored by MysticMirage on Allpoetry

Ghazal

The Ghazal (pronounced Guzzle) is an Arabic form that consists of rhyming couplets. It typically deals with the pain of love (especially lost love) combined with the beauty of love. The Persian form which derives from the older Arabic form deviates considerably. Generally when the Ghazal is described it is the Persian form that is used. Goethe introduced the form to the Western world which became transmuted into the Bastard Ghazal

Form Type:	Metered
Origins:	Arabic
Creator:	Unknown
Number of Lines:	50
Rhyme Scheme:	AA, bA, cA, etc
Meter:	Not Applicable

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Persian Ghazal

There are a number of rules to observe in a fully formed Persian Ghazal, though some may be omitted. They are:

1. The poem must consist of 5 or more couplets, known as sher or bayt unto a maximum of 25 couplets.

2. The second line of each sher usually ends with a radif which is a repeated word or phrase, this may however be omitted.

3. Before the radif or at the end of the sher if the radif is not present is a rhyme known as the qaafiyaa.

4. Each line and each couplet must have the same meter beher. Although this restriction is relaxed in modern Urdu Gazals.

5. Each couplet must be complete within itself, there is no enjambment across couplets.

6. Each sher should be a closed poem in its own right, however there may be a continuity of theme or thought running through them. In this case the poem is known as a musalsal ghazal (continuous ghazal).

7. The final sher is called the maqta it is usual for the writer to include their takhallus name or pen name in this sher. However this is relaxed in some modern Ghazals.

8. Normal practice is to keep the number of Shers odd.

Arabic Ghazal

The older Arabic form of the Ghazal differs slightly with its rules. They are:

1. It is traditional not to split the Sher into a couplet, but to keep it as a bayt (long line). However it can still be rendered as a couplet.

2. Each line must share the same meter. The line must divide naturally into two hemistiches (halves) with a caesura in the middle. The caesura must occur metrically and may appear in the middle of a word. The author decides how visible the caesura should be.

3. The length of a hemistiches must be between trimeter and heptameter. If using a accentual or accentual-syllabic meter you will have between three and seven beats. If using syllabic meter then the hemistiches should be between six and fourteen syllables long. If totally free style then the lines should look evenly balanced.

4. Monorhyme is employed for each line of the poem.

5. While Slant Rhyme can be used it should not be so subtle as to lose the effect of rhyme which is vital to this form.

6. Using the same rhyming word should be avoided unless there is a very good reason for it.

7. Complete Autonomy within a line is not as important as in the Persian forn. Some enjambment between lines is allowed, but this should not be too radical.

8. The first line rhymes the syllable before the caesura with the syllable ending the line. All other lines rhyme on the final syllable.

9. Stanza breaks are not required and may be used when the writer feels it is appropriate.

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Example Poem

Your Love   (Ghazal)

I  spent youth's dawn just searching for your love;

no idealist, it need not be pure love.

        

An Idealist in every other way

I wanted shared devotion from your love.

        

I tried other girls as I searched for you,

but none did cleave so well until your love.

        

Your mind captured my mind, your body sang

to  mine. I  was fulfilled by your love.

        

I let unimportant matters intrude,

Lawrencealot, neglect cost you your love!

(c) Lawrencealot - April 5, 2012

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