Tri-Duet

This form was created by Willam J. Reed IV, writing on Allpoetry as BluesMan.

The author provided no other specifications than that the poem must consist of six or more tercets, but in his sample poem the first two lines were shorter than the third.

Rhyme pattern aab ccb dde ffe ggh iif

For my template I have use tri-meter and tetrameter, generally iambic.

THIS IS NOT A NEW rhyme pattern but merely a treatment of either the Alouette, or the form we call the Bush Ballad Meter. Both of which use the same rhyme pattern and line length differentiation, but in sestets as opposed to tercets.

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Palidrome Poetry

Palindrome Poetry
Also Known as Mirrored Poetry

A palindrome, by definition, is a word, phrase, verse, sentence, or even poem that reads the same forward or backward. It stems from the Greek word palindromos: palin, meaning again, and dromos, meaning a running. Combining the two together, the Greek meaning gives us, running back again...


Example Poem

Time to Caucus

Grumble and hollar and growl and mumble.

Mad and agitated was I glad?

Tumble and hoot now so bumble. 

Bad events population sad, 

bet placed folks upset yet 

long faces folks wrong. 

Yet good things get. 

Throng in song. 

One done 

Won.

Done one 

song in throng; 

get things good yet. 

Wrong folks faces long 

Yet upset folks placed bet. 

Sad population events bad 

Bumble so now hoot and tumble 

Glad I was agitated and mad!

Mumble and growl and hollar and grumble. 

© Lawrencealot  - April 12, 2012

Trimeric

Trimeric \tri-(meh)-rik\ n: a four stanza poem in which the first stanza has four lines

and the last three stanzas have three lines each, with the first line of each repeating 

the respective line of the first stanza.  

The sequence of lines, then, is abcd, b – -, c – -, d – -.

There is no line length, meter, or rhyme requirement or prohibition.

Example Poem

Whisky Works

He zig-zagged up the steep hill

much too drunk to walk a line.

Winter weather laid down a chill

with ice on that steep incline.

Much too drunk to walk a line

he headed home, had time still.

Unless he fell he'd be fine.

Winter weather laid down a chill

as he staggered up the hill.

He'd make it;  he had the will.

With ice on that steep incline-

(he had lots of time to kill)

his anti-freeze worked just fine. 

© Lawrencealot - April 29, 2012

Triolet

A Triolet is a poetic form consisting of only 8 lines.           

Within a Triolet, the 1st, 4th, and  7th lines          

repeat, and the 2nd and 8th lines do as well.           

The rhyme scheme is simple:  ABaAabAB, capital          

letters representing the repeated lines.    

There is no set syllable count, although the preferred one for repeating forms is the standard of eight syllables but there are many good examples around using iambic pentameter and similar meters.

Example Poem:

Pug Peed Too     (Triolet)

Into the copse we walked to take a pee.

I watched for cops, Pug just lifted his leg.

I'm glad Ms. Klag, the nag, saw him not me.

Into the copse we walked to take a pee.

I'll merely bail him out and set him free.

and remember my next Pug should be Peg.

Into the copse we walked to take a pee.

I watched for cops, Pug just lifted his leg.

(c) Lawrencealot -  June, 2012

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Villanelle

Villanelles are required to have an intricate rhyme scheme and two lines that are refrains – like refrains in songs, they get repeated over and over.

The rhyme scheme is AbA' abA abA' abA abA' abAA, so there are only two rhymes that end all the lines.

In addition, the first line and third line, the refrains, are repeated four times each –

the first line appears at the end of stanzas 2 and 4 and as the second-to-last line in stanza 6.

The poem's third line appears again at the end of stanzas 3, 5, and 6.

So if we call the first line A and the third line A', and any line that rhymes with them a,

then the rhyme scheme is: AbA' abA abA' abA abA' abAA'

Example Poem:

Sensuality's Source

Arousal flows from love's thought and intent.

Thus age is harmless to this wife of mine.

A tease fulfilled, assures a mates ascent.

Desire for one another will invent

Innumerable paths leading to cloud nine.

Arousal flows from love's thought and intent.

Performance, age related, has been bent

by years;  her voice and touch revokes decline.

A tease fulfilled,  assures a mates ascent.

A failure now and then she'll not  resent

If he in other ways her wants enshrine.

Arousal flows from love's thought and intent.

Endearments overshadow the event

and fill two hearts most willing to entwine.

A tease fulfilled, assures a mates ascent.

Today's youth may not know how much is meant

by such commitment.  Love makes all things fine.

Arousal flows from love's thought and intent.

A tease fulfilled, assures a mates ascent.

© Lawrencealot - March, 2012

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