Ochtfochlach

The ochtfochlach is an Irish verse form consisting of an eight-line stanza with a consistent but unspecified length and meter. The rhyme scheme is aaab cccb.

The Ochtfochlach

I like the form and rhythm, too;

It fits and wears like well-made shoe.

With luck it lasts a whole life through

And looks no worse for wear.

Iambic feet can march along

And lend their cadence to a song

With beats that switch from soft to strong,

A pace that's light to bear.

Pasted from <http://lonestar.texas.net/~robison/ochtfochlach.html>

My example poem

Fochlach It   (Ochtfochlach)

The Ochtingfochlach rocks

it's not some damn flummox;

I penned this wearing socks,

and yes, without my shoes.

Define most any style

this form will soon beguile

and render forth a smile.

So what is there to lose?

© Lawrencealot - December 4, 2013

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There is no requirement for meter or line-length, though I chose iambic trimeter for this write. 

Lushi

From WIKIPEDIA

Lushi or lüshi (traditional Chinese: 律詩; simplified Chinese: 律诗; pinyin: lǜshī; Wade–Giles : lü-shih) refers to a specific form of Classical Chinese poetry verse form. One of the most important poetry forms of Classical Chinese poetry, the lushi refers to an eight-line regulated verse form with lines made up of five, six, or seven characters; thus:

• Five-character eight-line regulated verse (wulu): a form of regulated verse with eight lines of five characters each.
• Six-character eight-line regulated verse is relatively rare.
• Seven-character eight-line regulated verse (qilu): a form of regulated verse with eight lines of seven characters each.

All lushi forms are rhymed on the even lines, with one rhyme being used throughout the poem. Also, and definitionally, the tonal profile of the poem is controlled (that is, "regulated").

Pasted from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lushi_(poetry)>

And since, the Lushi, according to the above, must be "Regulated Verse" what the heck is that?

Regulated verse consisting of the three jintishi or "new style poetry" forms of lushi, jueju, and pailu while retaining the basic characteristics are distinguished from the gushi or "old style poetry" by the addition of a number of formal rules, most of which they share in common, but in some of which they differ. These rules include:

• Number of lines are limited to four for jueju, eight for lushi, and an unlimited, greater, even number for the pailu. In each case, the poem is arranged in paired lines in the form of couplets.
• Line lengths are all the same in terms of syllables or characters throughout any given poem. Generally, the line length is fixed at five or seven or characters per line; although, there are some poems which have a six character line-length. The line length is also used for the purpose of further classifying the main three forms of regulated verse into subtypes.
• Rhyme is mandatory. Rhyme, or rime, is based on a sometimes somewhat technical rhyme scheme. The rhyme of a poem can be difficult to determine, especially for older poems as pronounced in modern versions of Chinese; however, even as early as the Tang Dynasty, formal rhyme might be based upon authoritative references in a rime table or rime dictionary, rather than on actual vernacular speech. Generally level tones only rhyme with level tones, and non-level (or "deflected") tones only formally rhyme with other non-level tones. Also, the first line of the poem may also set the rhyme, more often in the seven-character form than the five-character.
• The pattern of tonality within the poem is regulated according to certain fixed patterns of alternating level and deflected tones. Although there is some question as to the status of tone in older forms of Chinese, in Middle Chinese (characteristic of the Chinese of the Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, and Song Dynasty), a four tone system developed. For the purposes of regulated verse, the important distinction is between the level tone (similar to the modern Mandarin Chinese first tone) and the other three tones which are all classified in the category of deflected tones.
• Parallelism is a feature of regulated verse. The parallelism requirement means that the two parallel lines must match each word in each line with the word which is in the same position in the other line, the match can be in terms of grammatical function, comparison or contrast, phonology, among other considerations: the degree of parallelism can vary and the type of parallelism is crucial to the meaning of a well-written regulated verse poem. Phonological parallelism can include various considerations, including tonality. Grammatical function parallelism examples include matching colors, actions, numeric quantities and so on. In the eight-line lushi form, which is composed of four couplets, the middle two couplets have internal parallelism; that is, the third and fourth line are parallel with each other and the fifth and sixth lines are parallel with each other. The jueju is more flexible in terms of required parallelism, although it may be present. The pailu requires parallelism for all couplets except for the first and last pair.
• The caesura, or a pause between certain phrases within any given line is a standard feature of regulated verse, with the main rule being for a major caesura preceding the last three syllables within a line. Thus, in the six-line verse the major caesura divides the line into two three-character halves. Furthermore, in the seven-character line, there is generally a minor caesura between the first and second pairs of characters.

Pasted from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulated_verse>

Besides the tonality parallelism that English cannot duplicate, we can substitue Literary Parallelism.

Parallelism: Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.

Parallelism takes place when two similar phrases are joined to make just one sentence. Or when you combine subjects, object or adjectives with conjunction.

Sigh…

I hope only someone who is [a] bi-lingual in in Chinese and English,  [b] more intelligent than I, and [c] a poet will be able to properly define how we should specify the correct writing of these poems in English, but here is my attempt to provide a common starting point.

Corrections and enhancements eagerly sought.

Restated Rules -  Lushi for Dummies

The poem is eight lines long.

There is not meter required.

It is word based: Each line must have the same number of words, either 5,6, or 7.

Even lines should exhibit mono-rhyme.

Caesura (a pause) should separate clauses.

The first couplet should set-up the poem.

The final couple should provide the conclusion.

The middle two couplets should develop the theme.

There should be some type of parallelism between alternate lines of the development quatrain.

Example Poem

Grandpa's Visit     (Lushi)

grandfather enters room; grandson smiles

toddles towards papa; wanting play.

boy, man watch each other

each watching the other's way

boy and grandpa mutually focused

each learning from each today.

grandson points down- to floor

that means, "Papa, here! stay!

© Lawrencealot - November 24, 2013

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Note I chose the five character poem this time.

Licentia Rhyme Form

This is an invented form created by Laura Lamarca. 

This is an isosyllabic poem (lines all have same number of syllables - 11)

It is stanzaic, consisting of 5 or more 12 line stanzas

It is rhymed.  The Rhyme pattern is  AABBCCDDEEAA, BBffgghhiiAA, CCjjkkllmmAA etc.

It is a Refrain Poem with the nth couplet of the first stanza being the 1st couplet of the nth stanza and the first couplet is also the final couplet of every stanza.

The is no mandated meter.

Example Poem

Environmentally Friendly     (Licentia Rhyme Form)

"He sprinkled smiles to folks he met every day."

Let those words, when he's gone, be what people say.

A tree provides some refuge from heavy rain

his mirth provided escape from dull disdain.

A shopping trip or a walk was not worthwhile

if while about he'd not make some person smile.

His own good cheer was augmented without fail

if laughs arose from his own invented tale.

The thoughtless actions to which we all are prone

he overlooked, lest perhaps they were his own.

"He sprinkled smiles to folks he met every day."

Let those words, when he's gone, be what people say.

A tree provides some refuge from heavy rain;

his mirth provided escape from dull disdain.

A brief respite from the downpour bolsters one

with will to press on with what they have begun.

Though laughing won't remove underlying woes,

it unpollutes the place where folk's upset grows.

A friendly howdy do when it it's not required

may spread along the day leaving some inspired.

He gives away his smile but before he's gone,

you'  notice that there's another pasted on.

"He sprinkled smiles to folks he met every day."

Let those words, when he's gone, be what people say,

A shopping trip or a walk was not worthwhile

if while about he'd not make some person smile.

A child too shy to talk will still tell his folks

that he had fun with that old guy telling jokes.

He's pause for drivers anxious to push ahead

and choose a more distant place to parking stead.

He'd open doors for the ladies- (what a thought),

He behaved the way the kids of old were taught.

He figured gloominess was but state of mind

and helped all he met just leave that state behind.

"He sprinkled smiles to folks he met every day."

Let those words, when he's gone, be what people say,

© Lawrencealot - December 3, 2013

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Chain of Abolition

“Chain of Abolition” Poetry Form
Invented by Natydel of Allpoetry.com

Syllable Count: 4/5/6/7 3/4/5/6/7 2/3/4/5/6/7 1/2/3/4/5/6/7

Rhyme Scheme: abcd eabcd feabcd gfeabcd

There is no meter requirement.
It is required that there be a line between stanzas.


Example Poem

Flying Out of Singapore

 {a parody of signing off, forevermore}

inticing eyes
a curvaceous view
glossy lips, inviting
me to ravage you once more;

intimate
does member rise,
wanting inside you
lack of thought is fright'ning
Can you take it just once more?

kiss me!
speculate
about its size--
just as though it's new
a kiss so exciting
I'd not take you for a whore.

hush-
I see
delicate
smooth silky thighs,
moist tastes to pursue
curves with pleasure writhing;
then we're through forevermore-

(c) Lawrencealot - Sept 12, 2012

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Twisted End

The Twisted End form is a creation of Nichole Alexander.

This is a stanzaic poem consisting of four or five tercet stanzas.

Each stanza has independent monorhyme.

There is no line-length or meter requirement.

The defining requirement of the form is that some part  of each of the first two lines be "twisted"

together in forming the third stanza line which MUST INCLUDE INTERNAL RHYME.

Example Poem

Write a Twisted End   (Twisted End)

You must depend on rhyme as your good friend

with mono and internal rhyme to blend

depend on your internal rhyme to end.

The Twisted End sets forth no metric tone.

but permits choice if poet is so prone.

The Twisted End my friend permits your own.

No poetic device is disallowed.

A verse endowed will rise above the crowd.

Device endowed attempts should make one proud.

Alliterate or write with metaphor

or obfuscate and be a common boor.

Allit with wit makes common a bit more.

 © Lawrencealot - March 13, 2013

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CinqTroisDecaLa Rhyme

A CinqTroisDecaLa Rhyme
15 syllables per line
10 Lines
Rhyme scheme of AABBCCCABC
No meter is specified.

Formal poetic style by: Laura Lamarca


Example Poem

A Yellow Rose

A yellow rose to me is  like no other, nor can it be
for I was told of your own yellow rose before we ever
met. I decided your rose would be mine too when you first let
me  see it. Bouquets for you must include the yellow rose or
they stand incomplete. And I  never do or can pass one by
Without a quiet thought of you. No sweeter, perfume is sold
than I derive from one of those yellow fellows my  dearest.
Throughout our years of marriage, both the calm and boisterous times,
that flower has been significant to both of  us beyond
it's floral aspect. Not one day passed that we ignored the rose.

(c) Lawrencealot - April 5, 2012

Clerihew

A clerihew is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley, at age 16.

A clerihew has the following properties:

• It is biographical and usually whimsical, showing the subject from an unusual point of view; it pokes fun at mostly famous people
• It has four lines of irregular length and metre (for comic effect)
• The rhyme structure is AABB; the subject matter and wording are often humorously contrived in order to achieve a rhyme, including the use of phrases in Latin, French and other non-English Languages[2]
• The first line contains, and may consist solely of, the subject's name.

Clerihews are not satirical or abusive, but they target famous individuals and reposition them in an absurd, anachronistic or commonplace setting, often giving them an over-simplified and slightly garbled description (similar to the schoolboy style of 1066 and All That)

The unbalanced and unpolished poetic meter and line length parody the limerick, and the clerihew in form also parodies the eulogy.

Pasted from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerihew>

Note:  I have found that many what have been presented as Clerihew  have not been

rigorous about the first line name-rhyming.  Indeed I have not.  I have also tended

to use a fixed meter.  They can be fun, but we must remind ourselves they are not

formally Clerihew and should be labeled accordingly when attempting a rigorous interpretation.

Example Poems

Bruce  (Clerihew)

Bruce Willis continues alive, 

Now showing Die Hard number five. 

I'm a Bruce Willis junky, sure. 

He is my Schwarzenegger cure. 

Arnie    (Clerihew)

If Schwarzenegger tries once more 

his movie ceiling's near the floor. 

A machine using Arnie's voice 

looks to be a desparate choice. 

© Lawrencealot - October 21, 2012

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Note:  there can be no definitive template for this form for meter and

line length are irregular.  This is merely one example.

Cortes Nonet

Invented by Josephine Ann Louise Cortes-Love  aka MajesticRose on AllPoetry, March 2012.
It was inspired by the original Nonet.
TO WRITE IN THIS FORM YOU NEED THE FOLLOWING RULES:

 14 lines (2 stanzas, 7 lines each)
 First stanza syllable count as follows: 5-7-9-11-13-15-17
 Second stanza syllable count as follows: 17-15-13-11-9-7-5
  The last word of each line is the first word of the next line.
  The first word of the second stanza can either be the last word of the first stanza OR a new word

 The poem can rhyme or have no rhyme at all

Example Poem

Dedicated to Majestic Rose

To write a Cortes

Cortes Nonet , I do mean,

Mean minded MajesticRose means that

that requirement that each line carries on so

so smoothly  with the last word from the prior line  if you,

you ambitious poet, think your muse can run free you may lose.

Lose just one word and you will be hitting delete way too many times.

Due to the already significant demands save trying to rhyme.

Rhyme if you wish.  It is allowed I shall attempt it this time.

Time is on my side for I am half way through this verse.

Verse being used here to mean stanza, what's worse,

worse than that, I'll run out of couplets-

couplets needed to rhyme more.

More is out the door.

   (c) Lawrencealot - June 1, 2012

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Cyclone

This form is a Cyclone invented by Sector-Hunter

*A cyclone is a poem that wraps around to form a loop it is made of 10 stanzas where the last 3 say what the first 3 said*


*1. The first three stanzas are in lines of 4 with a syllable count of 4,5,6,7*

*2. The next 4 stanzas are in lines of 5 with a count of 4,5,6,7,8 and lead up to the last three stanzas with a word or the whole line that will flow into the last 3 and cause the poem to loop *

*3. The last 3 stanzas are also in lines of 4 and the same count as the first 3 and they have to say the same thing as the first three stanzas*

There is no meter requirement;  the illustrated poems shows the sample rhyme pattern,
But the author states that no rhyme would be ok.


Example Poem

Write a Cyclone

Write a cyclone.

It's not tough to do.

Count syllables alone.

Just make sure your count is true.

Use couplet rhyme

masculine or not.

No rhyme at any time

Is okay, so take a shot.

Inventor says

no meter required

so without rhyme this lays

pretty barren, uninspired.

Right here we change

from quatrain stanzas

to quintets giving range

for more verbal bonanzas.

Pen something serious or strange.

Since we are free

for practically all

lengths of words can now be

combined somewhere; have a ball!

Use complicated words with glee.

It's fun to slip

into playful mode.

Like hearing water drip.

Dripping splish, splash the whole load-

let onomatopoeia rip.

I've had some fun,

joshed and played around.

End with what has begun

That makes the poem fly I've found.

So when I pen this line, I'm done.

Write a cyclone.

It's not tough to do.

Count syllables alone.

Just make sure your count is true.

Use couplet rhyme

masculine or not.

No rhyme at any time

Is okay, so take a shot.

Inventor says

no meter required

so without rhyme this lays

pretty barren, uninspired.

© Lawrencealot - July 12, 2012

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dandizette

Dandizette form created by discoveria of Allpoetry.com

3 six line stanzas
the form is partially inspired by the villanelle, and features a tricky repetition of four refrain lines in the final stanza.
 the syllable count for the first twostanzas  is 8, 6, 8, 8, 6, 8.
The last stanza has lines of 6, 6, 6, 6, 8, 8 syllables.
The rhyme scheme is ababcb cbcdcd bcbcee.

The final stanza is composed of lines 2, 5, 8, 11 from the previous two stanzas, plus a concluding rhyming couplet.

Where they reappear in the last stanza, the four repeated lines should make sense together as well as making sense where they are first used. iambic meter is not required.

Example Poem

Beneath the Dancing Lights  (Dandizette)

Every fellow  here wants first dance.
She is a lovely tease
though proper for a girl from France.
With her shape she does dress to please
with bodice cut so low.
'Twould be a thrill to watch her sneeze.
   
Tonight the breeze will lightly blow
outside beneath the trees
the lights will swing and sway as though
they are dancing too.  As on stage
in dancing lights she'll glow.
She'll attract men of any age.
   
She is a lovely tease
with bodice cut so low.
Outside beneath the trees
in dancing lights she'll glow.
She will light up many man's life.
And she'll tick off many a wife.

(c) Lawrencealot - March 2, 2012


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Dreamscape

This form was invented by Sector-Hunter on Allpoetry.com  simply for people to have
fun while creating short poems with internal rhyme.

The Dreamscape is a form with only the following requirements:

There are two tercet stanzas.

The first two lines in each have rhyming beginning and ending words.

The third line needs no rhyme, and summarize the first two.
No line length or meter requirements.


I tried to show the smallest possible stanza, along with normal one.

Example Poem

Duotrain

Tuesday, March 05, 2013
9:11 AM

Duotrain is a form invented by Bhaskar Datta of Allpoetry

It is a four stanza poem
It has no metric requirement
but each stanza alternates between 8 and six syllable lines.
Each Stanza is required to begin with the same character of the alphabet.
Rhyme Scheme:  xaxa xbxb xcxc xdxd

Example Poem

Let's Write a Duotrain

To write a Duotrain today
use keyboard or a pen.
Find rhyming word to end line two,
and on line four again.

There are but two rhymes in each verse,
how easy can it be?
Eight syllables in line number
one, and again in three.

Take two away (syllables I
mean), leaving six right here.
For on even numbered lines, that
is all that should appear.

Take care that the same letter starts
the stanza every time.
That defines the Duotrain, that
and its specific rhyme.

© Larry Eberhart, aka, Lawrencealot, Oct. 14, 2012


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Emmett

The Emmett style is a fiendish five line form related to the acrostic styles.

Form Type:	Metrical
Origins:	English
Creator:	Dorothy Hester
Number of Lines:	5
Rhyme Scheme:	a,b,b,a,b
Meter:	N/A

Rules

The Emmett has 2 rules:

1.The first line of the Emmett is five WORDS long. Each word of the first line becomes the first word of the following lines. So the second word in line one becomes the first word of line two, the third word becomes the first word of line three, etc.

2. To make things a little more complex the Emmett has a rhyme scheme of a,b,b,a,b.

There are no other restrictions on meter or line length.

Example

I have wondered about this

Have pondered too

Wondered if you were true

About the first kiss

This nerve wracking thing to do

Copyright Dorothy Hester 2012

Notes

The Emmett was created by Dorothy Hester in May 2012 and was named after her maternal family name. The first example was posted on The Poetry Forum on the 2nd of May 2012

Pasted from <http://bensonofjohn.co.uk/poetry/formssearch.php?searchbox=Emmett> 

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Fold

Gillena Cox, poet from Trinidad & Tobago, best known for writing haiku/senryu has created a new experimental short form called the fold.  Presented on line first at Sketchbook in 2007.

Syllabic, No set meter, No set line-length, Rhymed, Refrain

THE FOLD takes credibility from haiku; it shares moments which are special simply and exactly. Grasping the tools of juxtaposition and contrast, THE FOLD crafts itself into a rhyming form of ELEVEN lines—unlike its three lined haiku progenitor.

   There is one rhyme continuing throughout the poem, occurring at every other line: uneven lines rhyme. Lines ONE, FIVE and ELEVEN carry the same last phrase, to form the EDGES of the FOLD. Line ONE repeats at line FIVE which is the CREASE of the FOLD.

Since there are no metric or syllable requirements, any template can merely be

illustrative, so here one is:

Example Poem

Burners    (Fold)

people shed their clothes at the Burning Man;

self-expression and anarchy rule;

a community grows in desert sand,

freedom expressed in artistic artifacts,

people shed their clothes at the Burning Man;

fifty thousand acting as they please

no big- name acts, attendees themselves can

dance, sing, entertain with instruments,

make-up, costumes, magic, getting a tan;

strangers welcome most any where;

community works at the Burning Man.

© Lawrencealot - October 9, 2012

Garland Cinquain

This is one of the more interesting Cinquain variations. It starts as a Crown Cinquain but adds a final Cinquain made up of line drawn from the preceding Cinquains.

Form Type: Syllabic

Origins: Unknown

Creator: Unknown

Number of Lines: 30

Rhyme Scheme: Not applicable

Meter: Not applicable

Rules

All the usual Cinquain rules apply, but there is an additional rule for the final Cinquain.

Those rules are: Stanza with 2/4/6/8/2 syllable, have being stressed.

1. The final Cinquain is generally formed from lines drawn from the proceding Cinquains.

2. The order of the lines is generally L1 from S1, L2 from S2, etc.

Pasted from <http://bensonofjohn.co.uk/poetry/formssearch.php?searchbox=Garland%20Cinquain> 

  Example Poem

It  Works!

It Works!      (Garland Cinquain)

Believe 

that you have choice. 

Clouds, leaves, and fingernails 

all have no voice and are programmed. 

Not you. 

You know 

smiles beget smiles 

and frowns and grumpiness 

pollute your social atmosphere.

So smile. 

Try to 

remember that 

and karma is a force 

that might affect what comes your way. 

Take care.

Remind 

yourself that most 

people respond to smiles 

then act accordingly each day. 

OK? 

Give grins 

and friendly tones 

most gratuitously 

with up-lifting intent, my friend. 

You'll win.

Believe 

smiles beget smiles 

and karma is a force 

then act accordingly each day. 

You'll win.

© Lawrencealot - March 3, 2013

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Ghazal

The Ghazal (pronounced Guzzle) is an Arabic form that consists of rhyming couplets. It typically deals with the pain of love (especially lost love) combined with the beauty of love. The Persian form which derives from the older Arabic form deviates considerably. Generally when the Ghazal is described it is the Persian form that is used. Goethe introduced the form to the Western world which became transmuted into the Bastard Ghazal

Form Type:	Metered
Origins:	Arabic
Creator:	Unknown
Number of Lines:	50
Rhyme Scheme:	AA, bA, cA, etc
Meter:	Not Applicable

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Persian Ghazal

There are a number of rules to observe in a fully formed Persian Ghazal, though some may be omitted. They are:

1. The poem must consist of 5 or more couplets, known as sher or bayt unto a maximum of 25 couplets.

2. The second line of each sher usually ends with a radif which is a repeated word or phrase, this may however be omitted.

3. Before the radif or at the end of the sher if the radif is not present is a rhyme known as the qaafiyaa.

4. Each line and each couplet must have the same meter beher. Although this restriction is relaxed in modern Urdu Gazals.

5. Each couplet must be complete within itself, there is no enjambment across couplets.

6. Each sher should be a closed poem in its own right, however there may be a continuity of theme or thought running through them. In this case the poem is known as a musalsal ghazal (continuous ghazal).

7. The final sher is called the maqta it is usual for the writer to include their takhallus name or pen name in this sher. However this is relaxed in some modern Ghazals.

8. Normal practice is to keep the number of Shers odd.

Arabic Ghazal

The older Arabic form of the Ghazal differs slightly with its rules. They are:

1. It is traditional not to split the Sher into a couplet, but to keep it as a bayt (long line). However it can still be rendered as a couplet.

2. Each line must share the same meter. The line must divide naturally into two hemistiches (halves) with a caesura in the middle. The caesura must occur metrically and may appear in the middle of a word. The author decides how visible the caesura should be.

3. The length of a hemistiches must be between trimeter and heptameter. If using a accentual or accentual-syllabic meter you will have between three and seven beats. If using syllabic meter then the hemistiches should be between six and fourteen syllables long. If totally free style then the lines should look evenly balanced.

4. Monorhyme is employed for each line of the poem.

5. While Slant Rhyme can be used it should not be so subtle as to lose the effect of rhyme which is vital to this form.

6. Using the same rhyming word should be avoided unless there is a very good reason for it.

7. Complete Autonomy within a line is not as important as in the Persian forn. Some enjambment between lines is allowed, but this should not be too radical.

8. The first line rhymes the syllable before the caesura with the syllable ending the line. All other lines rhyme on the final syllable.

9. Stanza breaks are not required and may be used when the writer feels it is appropriate.

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Example Poem

Your Love   (Ghazal)

I  spent youth's dawn just searching for your love;

no idealist, it need not be pure love.

        

An Idealist in every other way

I wanted shared devotion from your love.

        

I tried other girls as I searched for you,

but none did cleave so well until your love.

        

Your mind captured my mind, your body sang

to  mine. I  was fulfilled by your love.

        

I let unimportant matters intrude,

Lawrencealot, neglect cost you your love!

(c) Lawrencealot - April 5, 2012

Pasted from <http://allpoetry.com/poem/9526591-Your_Love___Ghazal_-by-Lawrencealot>

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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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Harrisham Rhyme

This form consists of a six-line rhyming stanza.
In this form, the last letter of the first word of each line
is the first letter of the first word of next line.
Rhyming scheme : ababab.
There is no restriction on the starting letter of the first line.
No restriction upon line length or meter.
Invented by:  Harrisham Minhas

Example Poem

Stuck?              (Harrisham Rhyme)

Deoppilate exsuflicate concerns.

Enter some eximous and friendly verse 

removing problem words that meter spurns.

Get stuck during day?  Then try the reverse. 

Try to dinurate 'til the muse returns.

Yet a geck? Oh what the heck?  I've done worse.

 © Lawrencealot - March 2, 2013


*Deopillate - remove an obstruction
*Exsuflicate - "something which is silly or trifling"
*Eximous "choice or excellent"
* Dinurate - sleep during the day
* Geck - 2. An object of scorn; a dupe; a gull


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