Butterfly Cinquain

The Butterfly Cinquain isn't a cinquain at all:it is a nonostich (9 lines)and uses the syllable count of the Crapsey Cinquain and then reverses it, therefore the misnomer.

The Butterfly Cinquain is:

○ 9 line poem.

○ syllabic, 2-4-6-8-2-8-6-4-2 syllables per line. 

unrhymed.

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Thanks to Judi Van Gorder for the above.

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

My Sample poem

Plastic Trees     (Butterfly Cinquain)

Don't like

fake plastic trees.

When one sets out to trick

the senses of someone they like

they ought

to learn to fake sincerity;

The real thing is the best

the plastic should

be real.

© Lawrencealot -  November 16, 2014

Analogue

• Analogue  is a metered invented form that is limited to 3 rhymes. It's source is Rena Ferguson Parks a 20th century poet and educator.
  
  The Analogue is:
• a 9 line poem.
• metered, all lines are iambic pentameter.
• rhymed, rhyme scheme abbaabbcc.

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When I searched this was the only information available on the web, a big Thank you to PMO and Judi Van Gorder!!

Example Poem

Ladies Choice     (A double Analogue)

A group of girls without their men espy         

a hotel; "Women only",  sign proclaims.         

"Hmm, let's discover if it meets our aims?".        

The bouncer was a most attractive guy.         

He told them how he hotel worked and why.         

Enjoy your choice of floors to please all dames         

each floor has signs instead of merely names.         

The first floor sign said "men are short and plain".         

The gals just laughed then went on up again.         

On two the sign said "Short and handsome here".         

Not yet said one, continue to ascend."         

"Floor three has tall and plain", one told her friend,        

"We need to go on up, I think that's clear."         

On four they saw the perfect sign appear:         

"All men are tall and handsome without end!"        

The girls were ready but could not pretend--        

What might they miss? So they went up to five.         

"Empty! You can't please any gal alive."         

© Lawrencealot = November 26, 2013

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Amaranth

Amaranth is an invented verse form that was probably created as a teaching tool by Viola Gardner. It makes deliberate use of the 9 most common metric feet. Each line is one metric foot, the pattern changing from line to line. 

The Amaranth is:

• 9 line strophe. It is a stand alone poem.
• metric, the 9 most common metric feet are used in sequence.
  L1 Spondee SS
  L2 Iamb uS
  L3 Pyrrhic uu
  L4 Dactyl Suu
  L5 Trochee Su
  L6 Amphimacer SuS
  L7 Choriamb SuuS
  L8 Anapest uuS
  L9 Amphibrach uSu
• rhymed at the discretion of the poet, although the metric restrictions are probably enough to contend with in this verse form.
  
  On the Cross by Judi Van Gorder
  
  Behold!
  I am
  without
  sinfulness.
  Blameless,
  innocent
  guileless, bereft
  pleasing God
  forever.

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With sincere thanks to Judi Van Gorder  for the above from the wonderful PMO site.

My Example Poem

Psychiatry     (Amaranth)

Wisecracks

are made

in the

analyst's

office

shedding light,

clearing the way

for a true

discourse.

© Lawrencealot - November 27, 2013

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Rictameter

Rictameter is a scheme similar to Cinquain.            

Starting your first line with a two syllable word, you then consecutively increase the number of syllables per line by two. i.e. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10  Then down again, 8, 6, 4, 2 Making the final line the same two syllable word you began with. 

This form looks best when centered

Example Poem

Shadow 

The puppy lived 

because I rescued him. 

Just a boy myself, no one close. 

Nursed him to health; trained him easily too 

and my grandma watched us blossom. 

He played with me, slept with 

me, became my 

Shadow 

(c) Lawrencealot - April 2012

Nove Otto

The Nove Otto poetry form was created by Scott J. Alcorn. It is a nine-lined poem with 8 syllables per line (isosyllabic). The rhyme scheme is as follows: aacbbcddc.

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The presented rhyme scheme, no matter who wrote it, is a corruption of the accepted standard, it should be presented as aabccbddb.

I have asked Shadow Poetry to make the correction on rhyme scheme protocol.

Restated Specifications

A nine line poem, Syllabic, 8 syllables per line

Rhyme Scheme: aabccbddb

Example Poem

Quietude

The clatter of our daily life,
type-writers, doors, or fork and knife,
are processed- usually ignored
while we contend with mundane tasks.
"Where is the quiet?" we might ask.
To find it you must leave the horde,
and the devices built by men.
Commune with nature now and then.
Assuredly, you'll not be bored.

© Lawrencealot - May 24, 2013

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Nonnet

A nonnet has nine lines. The first line has nine syllables, the second line eight syllables, the third line seven syllables, etc... until line nine that finishes with one syllable. 

It can be on any subject and rhyming is optional. 

line 1 - 9 syllables 

line 2 - 8 syllables

line 3 - 7 syllables

line 4 - 6 syllables

line 5 - 5 syllables

line 6 - 4 syllables

line 7 - 3 syllables

line 8 - 2 syllables

line 9 - 1 syllable  

Example Poem

Maybe Later

Procrastination, that's what I do.

'Tis a wonderful business tool. 

It works for most, might for you, 

I used it back in school. 

Just work on what's due.

Then all is cool.

That's the clue.

This fool-- 

 Thru.

Rictometer

Rictameter is a scheme similar to Cinquain.            

Starting your first line with a two syllable word, you then consecutively increase the number of syllables per line by two. i.e. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10  Then down again, 8, 6, 4, 2 Making the final line the same two syllable word you began with. 

This form looks best when centered

Example Poem

Shadow 

The puppy lived 

because I rescued him. 

Just a boy myself, no one close. 

Nursed him to health; trained him easily too 

and my grandma watched us blossom. 

He played with me, slept with 

me, became my 

shadow