Villonnet

A Villonnet is a hybrid of the Villanelle and the Sonnet. It has the Iambic Pentameter of both, but holds the four-stanza/line structure of the sonnet, while utilizing the two-line rhyme nature of the villanelle. The final stanza replaces the sonnet couplet with a typical villanelle tercet.

The Villonnet is another hybrid form created by D. Allen Jenkins. This is a recent invented form which is said to be a cross between a Villanelle andSonnet.

The Villonet is:

• a poem in 15 lines, made up of 3 quatrains followed by a tercet.
• metric, iambic pentameter.

• rhymed, A¹bbA² cddc effe A¹bA² or A¹xxA² bxxb cxxc A¹xA² x being unrhymed.

• NOTE: Jenkins also used A1xxA2  axxA1 axxA2

     see:http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/villonnet.html

• L1 is repeated as L13 and L4 is repeated as L15.

Pasted from <http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?/topic/2190-villonnet/>

Thanks to Judi Van Gorder for the resource at PMO

Example poem

Rooted in Love (Villonnet)

A spell was cast to keep me from my bride 

Our lives could not be taken, we were changed; 

Our molecules were vastly rearranged. 

And I could break the spell if I but tried. 

I metamorphed, becoming half a man 

My wizard gave mobility to me, 

and said, "You must now find your sweetheart's tree. 

Touch it and you'll become as you began" 

I searched the valleys- climbed up many hill, 

I followed rumors sent from other trees; 

and pheromones relayed by helpful bees, 

and when I found her, she was lovely still. 

A spell was cast to keep me from my bride 

The one who cast the spell had been deranged

and I could break the spell if I but tried. 

© Lawrencealot - Oct. 20, 2013

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Trinquint

Triquint

Triquint, a poem form created by Sylvia A. Feeley, which consists of 3 verses, 5 lines each. Lines 3 and 4 of verse 1 (Refrain) repeat in verses 2 and 3. The syllable count for each stanza is 9, 7, 5, 3, 1 and has an aaAAb rhyme scheme.

Example:

Heartache

Words written in verses, they appeal.
Sung about in songs you feel.
Heartache, all to real.
Ne'er ideal.
Hears.

Emotions which are hard to conceal.
Feelings that are so surreal.
Heartache, all to real.
Ne'er ideal.
Tears.

Beliefs that if you were to reveal,
would cause pain too hard to heal.
Heartache, all to real.
Ne'er ideal.
Fears.

Copyright © 2008 Sylvia A. Feeley

Pasted from <http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/triquint.html>

A thanks to Shadow Poetry for this resource.

Union     (Triquint)

How'd you happen to start loving me?

I speculate that maybe

reciprocity

sets us free.

How?

Each one supporting the other's chi,

manifests duality;

reciprocity

sets us free.

now.

When two souls merge, their reality

makes strong singularity,

reciprocity

sets us free.

Wow!

 © Lawrencealot - Dec. 8, 2013

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Faceted Diamond

The poems that I have documented for this category  include

The Faceted Diamond         (three in one - formatted)   - This page

The Trigee and theCleave  (three in one)  

Amera's Style                        (2 in one - See Trick Poetry)

Multidirectional Sonnet     (2 in one)

Trick Poetry                           (four in one - OR many more)

• Faceted Diamond is a verse form that is probably as complicated to read as to write. It is an invented form found at Poetry Base and was invented by American poet Cory S Sylvester. Like the Cleave and the Trigee there are 3 poems in 1 but unlike the others, the reader may need clues to understand how to read the 3.
  The Faceted Diamond is:
• 3 poems in 15 lines.
• syllabic, 1-2-3-4-5-6--7-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. The even # lines break half way. (Poetry Base suggests the poem could be longer as long as it is an odd number of lines, but I am not going there. You can check with PB if you are curious.)
• unrhymed.
• centered on the page.
  x
  x -- x
  x x x
  x x -- x x
  x x x x x
  x x x -- x x x
  x x x x x x x
  x x x x -- x x x x
  x x x x x x x
  x x x -- x x x
  x x x x x
  x x -- x x
  x x x
  x -- x
  x
• The poem can be read in whole and...
• A second poem can be read by reading the odd numbered lines and the first half of the even numbered lines and ....
• A third poem can be read by reading the odd numbered lines and the second half of the even numbered lines. All 3 poems should make sense.

My Thanks to Judi Van Gorder of PoetryMagnumOpus for the above.

Example Poem

Only I     (Faceted Diamond)

Wait

my dear

lovely one

can you pause and

observe men that stare

openly without shame

wishing it were they, not me

tending to you, taking you home,

and ending the evening

in your arms, kissing you.

and all of the time

I know they know

they can't have

my dream

love.

© Lawrencealot - September 23, 2013

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Entwined

Entwined Form      
This is a form invented by Mary Lou Healy, aka Mlou on Allpoetry.com
The form consists of three or more trimeter quintets, usually in Iambic where the 3rd line of each stanza rhymes with the first line of the following stanza, until the final stanza which rhymes with the first line of the poem.
           
Rhyme pattern: abcba cdedc efafe  

Example Poem

Growth in Scansion

If I can ever learn
well then I'll try to teach.
But just today I find
my wants exceed my reach,
and yet for more I yearn.

Old knowledge falls behind,
but learning it was key
for now I understand
those things I could not see-
no syllables defined.

The first two stanzas scan
as iambs every one.
an ananapest is wide.
It looks not right when done
in syllables, here man.

Trimeter's satisfied.
Shoes don't swap but feet do.
For syllables dactyls have three
and iambs have but two.
Three feet per line I've tried.

A template let's you see
and can be used intact,
learning feet lets you spurn
just counting, that's a fact-
a skill eluding me.

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First and Last

This form was invented by Rebel_Coyote on allpoetry.com

*15 lines
*8 syllables per line
*Rhyme pattern for each stanza:
*Stanza 1:Aaabb
*Stanza 2:cccbb
*Stanza 3:dddaA
**The first and last line are the same, thus “First and Last”**

Example Poem

Summer Seduction

The breeze is shaking the trees' skirts.
at boys' not wearing any shirts.
That's just one way that nature flirts.
Leaves lightly whistle at the boys
out playing with their kites and toys.

The cool grass beckons to their feet.
Take off your shoes enjoy a treat;
get off the steaming asphalt street.
Run through the hose now, while it squirts.
Boys cool off once-- then heat reverts.

The brook tells boys to wade for fish
regardless what their moms may wish
for nature's a seductive dish
with wants and wiles that soon perverts.
The breeze is shaking the trees' skirts.

© Lawrencealot - August 27, 2012

*note: This poem is technically incorrect, in that a second
incidence of a-rhyme replaces the required b-rhyme in S2.


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Rondeau

A Rondeau is a French form, 15 lines long, consisting of
three stanzas: a quintet, a quatrain, and a sestet
with a rhyme scheme as follows: aabba aabR aabbaR.
 Lines 9 and 15 are short - a refrain (R) consisting of a phrase taken from line one. The other lines are longer (but all of the same metrical length).

Example Poem


Write a Rondeau;  I'll Show You How.

Just start with statement bold that now
is  your refrain. The word you choose
for "a" and "b" need rhymes you'll use
a lot. Like,  love, and dove, and cow.
     
I chose not well but any how
we'll write now with a wrinkled brow.
Don't choose like you have naught to lose
Write a Rondeau.  
     
We strive to write so we shall plough
ahead and to troubles not bow.
This line now fits with out excuse
Proclaiming rhyme with out abuse.
About done let's now keep our vow.
Write a Rondeau.

(c) Lawrencealot - April 1, 2012

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Somosa Triad

This form is Copyrighted © April 9, 2012 Amanda Jean Norton, also known as DarkButterfly on Allpoetry.com.

If you pen in this form, please mention her.

A Somosa Triad is

Syllalbic, Stanzaic, rhymed, each stanza is mono-rhymed differently

5 lines each stanza

3 stanzas required

Rhyme scheme :

aaaaa bbbbb ccccc

first line : 4 syllables

second line: 5 syllables

third line: 6 syllables

fourth line: 7 syllables

fifth line : 8 syllables 

Example Poem:

Copyrighted

Copyrighted 

Forms have been sighted 

here and we're delighted 

That A  P may be cited 

but think the  poets were short-sighted. 

I am confused. 

Or am I bemused? 

They want the new form used. 

How can a form be abused? 

If I  use it, am I  then bruised?

Attribution 

is a solution, 

to form prostitution, 

that allows distribution 

without fear of prosecution.

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