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

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Flung

This form was created by Larry Eberhart, aka, Lawrencealot on allpoetry.com

Type:    Stanzaic

Meter: Tetrameter or Pentameter

Presented as two or more Octaves

Rhyming pattern:ababcccc  ddeeffff

If the poem is extended it should continue alternating couplet and cross rhyme

 for the first quatrain of each octave.

Example Poem

What Happened to George?

"A gastropod mollusk is what I am,"

said George to his host.  "And I have long found,

that being submerged (if you give a damn),

is sometimes better than up on the ground.

If I get too dry I might desiccate,

then I'd be dinner for you and your mate,

but now I can slime noxious stuff you'll hate.

But I'll feed you for life if you just wait."

The beetle had thought, this slug he'd deceived.

Now he did not know what should be believed.

"The farmer's intending a toxic plan

to kill us all-- perhaps he just  began."

I need a mate who's many rows away.

I cannot get to her within one day.

You can go fetch her, I'll tell you the way,

Then both of us will in your burrows stay.

The beetle knew two was better than one.

If there's an option for unending food

instead of foods poisoned-- had it begun?

he'd best collaborate with George the dude.

Both slugs were omnivorous slugs you see,

So George deigned to explain how it will be.

You've heard tuna called "Chicken of the Sea.

Well Chicken of ground shall be Joyce and me."

In days some thirty eggs from George's mate.

produced the protein for the beetles plate.

The beetle got smart and let some eggs hatch.

It just meant they'd have more earthworms to catch.

The beetles Kentucky Fried Sluggets sold

like heaters in Vermont when it gets cold.

The farmers profits jumped about two-fold,

Explain?  That bright slug George, he just grew old.

  © Lawrencealot - March 3, 2013

This poem answers the following question by Sir Mike bike

Get me a wheelchair!” Cried the sick bug,

“For I have no legs (because I’m a slug!)

A very nice beetle all dressed in bright black,

Said “Never mind slug just jump on my back.....”

The slug (quite determined to get a free ride)

Now dumped common sense and he now dumped all pride,

He slid on the beetles back with such ease,

Said  ”Take me to market as quick as you please!”

Now the beetle pretending hard to be nice,

Said “Certainly sir, there’ll be no price!”

“But first I have to visit my mum,

You can come too my little chum!”

So down it the ground where black beetles gorge,

Went poor Mr. Slug (whose name was George)

He never more was seen again.....

Pray what happened....can you explain?

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Gratitude

This form was Created by Victoria Sutton aka Passionspromise
It consists of two or more 8 line stanzas, each with the
refrain rhyming scheme of  ababcCab
with ONLY the "c-rhyme" requiring the same sound each stanza.
There is NO metric or line length requirement, EXCEPT that
lines 5 and 6 are shorter than the others.

Example Poem

A Gift to Poets (Gratitude)


A lovely poet gave to me this form.
She said, "Take it. Perhaps you'll find a way
to specify the path to keep it warm."
The specs I saw were loose enough to sway
a poet to invent
and follow mind's intent.
I've chosen Iambs, you need not conform.
I'm grateful this form let's the poet play.

I first thought "Torylet" could be the name,
but "toilet" sounds too close for me so now,
while sitting here, this new idea came.
I'll name it, "Gratitude" in note of how
the poet may select his bent
and follow mind's intent.
My next attempt shall be a whole new game
for many variants this will allow.

© Lawrencealot - November 5, 2012


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La'Tuin LaFemme

This form created by Lawrence Eberhart, aka Lawrencelot  

      

It is an altered version of the La'Tuin form to facilitate feminine rhyming.           

The La’Tuin, a poetic form created by Laura Lamarca,        

The La'Tuin is named after A'Tuin, a giant turtle from the        

Diskworld series. A turtle is a symbol of Mother Earth.         

La is Laura Lamarca's signature.        

        

It contains a minimum of 4 stanzas, with no maximum length limit.                       

A strict syllable count of 9/8/9/8 is required per stanza.                 

It has abac rhyme consitent through-out the stanza.                

Lines 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16 etc., all rhyme - this is the 'A' rhyme.                 

Lines 2, 6, 10, 14 etc, all rhyme - this is the 'B' rhyme.                 

Lines 3, 7, 11, 15 etc, all rhyme - this is the 'C' rhyme.                

        

Therein lies it's structural weakness. By requiring that the  9 syllable lines rhyme with 8 syllable lines,  if the poet choose iambic (or trochaic) meter it disallows a more natural and pleasing feminine rhyme.        

        

The improved rhyming scheme of the QuatrainLaFemme is:        

A B A2 C   abac  abac  …  AB A2 B C  

Example Poem

More Ladies-in-Waiting

The wives of Henry were all waiting

Their turn to be axed or booted 

while extracurricular mating

was Henry's favored night-time sport. 

        

Except for queen Kath'rine, the grating

was less ironically suited, 

for the others all been creating

their turns by schemings at the court.. 

        

Kath'rine loved Henry, while awaiting

her end, but strongly refuted, 

his claims, yet without denigrating

him.  Majestic was her support.. 

        

The wives of Henry were all waiting

Their turn to be axed or booted 

while extracurricular mating

was Henry's favored night-time sport. 

(c) Lawrencealot - April 9, 2012

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Wrapped Refrain Style 2

Wrapped Refrain (Form No. 2), created by Jan Turner, carries some similar aspects as her Wrapped Refrain form, with further advanced techniques. It consists of 2 or more stanzas of 8 lines each, with the following set rules:

Meter: 14, 14, 8, 8, 8, 8, 14, 14
Rhyme Scheme: a,a,b,b,c,c,d,d

Refrain rule: In each stanza, the first 10 syllables in the first line (incorporating a phrase) must be the last 10 syllables at the end of the last line (line #8).
Example #1:
Castle in the Clouds

Bavaria, you render dreams come true on hills of white.
Your castle glints through moonbeams, snowy spires in the night.
My mind says it’s just a mirage
or nature playing with collage...
that if I turn around I bet
it shall just disappear, and yet
my eyes instead see parapets that break the skyline blue,
as straight ahead, Bavaria, you render dreams come true.

Bavaria, your Disneyland is mine this very night;
it’s just as if your castle planned its setting, out of sight,
for some of us to stumble on.
But, if I blink will it be gone?
This castle you have hid so well
enchants me with its magic spell;
it lures me into fantasies en-wrapped with snowy pine.
You render dreams, Bavaria... your Disneyland is mine.

Copyright © 2009 Jan Turner

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Example #2:
Consumption Gumption  (Wrapped Refrain style 2)

Folks of different cultures do of course feel differently.
I'd rather have them eat a horse instead of eating me.
A measure of degree again
for horses are almost our kin.
They're friends and assets with great worth
They've carried us and toiled the earth.
Man's climb from darkness was aided by the dog and the horse.
Eat them? No, but folks of different cultures do of course

To preclude cannibalism of course I'd eat a beast
who also soon would die, but it would be a sorry feast.
Moral questions now spring to light--
Is eating sentient things alright?
Natures template seems not to care.
Strong eat the weak most everywhere.
It's easy to eat "thoughtless" things but not our friend the horse--
unless required to preclude cannibalism of course.

 © Lawrencealot - Febrary 13, 2013.


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Redondilla

NOTE:I have included the definition from two different sources here.  The first specifies the minimum number of quatrains, the 2nd does not.

The 2nd requires that the meter be TROCHAIC, the first is indifferent.

Well, boys and girls - indifferent wins.  I spent some time on 5 different sites and found NOT ONE trochaic poem in English, and several that did not have FOUR STANZAS.

This is simply a poem consisting of four quatrains in tetrameter, preferably iambic  or trochaic.  The rhyme scheme can be aabb, abab, or abcb.  (Although some sources will advise otherwise, syllable count is secondary to rhythmic flow.) Most descriptions do not mention meter.  I have found in the English language most use Iambic and any rhyme scheme, even mixing them.  (An insult, in my way of thinking.)

redondilla, a Spanish stanza form consisting of four trochaic lines, 

usually of eight syllables each, with a rhyme scheme of abba. 

Quatrains in this form with a rhyme scheme of abab, 

sometimes also called redondillas, are more commonly known as serventesios. 

Redondillas have been common in Castilian poetry since the 16th century. 

The word is derived from the Spanish redondo, meaning “round.”

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/494744/redondilla

Example Poem

Tropical Storm (A Redondilla or a Serventesio )

Surging currents falling rain 

cloudy grey and gasping sky. 

Seabirds leaving, wonder why. 

Season of the hurricane. 

Board your windows stock your shelves 

Candles, girlfriend, water, food, 

Stranded people making feel good. 

Living, loving, by ourselves. 

"Mom and pop are coming too??"

"Having to evacuate!" 

"Gosh and gee that's really great."

"Your folks too? Least we could do. "

Moms crochet by candle light, 

dads play cards and guzzle beer. 

You and I with bed in here 

writing poems day and night. 

  (c) Lawrencealot - July 24, 2012

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