Badger's Hexastitch

This form was found on PoetryMagnumOpus with the information below.  I will give full attribution to the creator when I can.

Badger's Hexastich is a fun variation of the Crapsey Cinquain invented by out own Badger. It simply expands the cinquain to another line and 2 more syllables.

Badger's Hexastich is:

• a poem in 6 lines.
• syllabic, 2-4-6-6-4-2.

• unrhymed, optional rising and falling end-words.
  

reading, rooted in mind, not tasting ripe berries, the oozing summer scent, window open, waiting ~~Phil Wood

First flight, small granddaughter visits Grandma with Dad, Mom, brother and sisters in soccer play-offs back home. --Judi Van Gorder

Pasted from <http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=621#cinq>

Related forms: Baxter's Hexastitch, Butterfly Cinquain, Cinquino, Crapsey Cinquain, CinqCinquain, Cinquain Chain, Cinquain Swirl,  Didactic Cinquain, Mirror Cinquain, Oddquain Butterfly, Standard Cinquain 

My Example Poem

Growing

Fall down

consider tears--

crawl to where grandpa sits

grab onto grandpa's leg

grin like a fox--

stand up

© Lawrencealot - February 16, 2014

Vignette Form

The Vignette is also the name of a syllabic invented verse form introduced by Fozari Rockwood found in Pathways for the Poet by Viola Berg1977.

The Vignette is:

a hexastich, an unrhymed poem in 6 lines.

syllabic, 2-4-4-6-7-3 syllables per line.

Example Poem:

Activities Director ( Vignette form )

Supine, 

reading a book. 

My yorkie drops 

his chew ball upon my 

chest, holds it with one paw; quiet

bark, "Let's go."