Cheyenelle
Tuesday,
March 19, 2013
5:35 PM
The
Cheyenelle follow the ‘circle of life’, and that all life is connected.
The words creating their own circle, forming the connection in the closing stanza.
Free
Verse Format
The
title must relate to the poem, but also adjoin
the
opening single line creating a rhyming couplet.
The
first line and stanza are trimeter (two syllable feet)
The next
three stanzas are tetrameter,
and the
final unspecified, (depending upon word syllable)
The
following four stanza then become the creation of the final fifth stanza,
where
each lines final word builds into the lines of the fifth stanza.
which
holds only four words per line.
The
fifth stanza must also read as a stand alone poem.
This
form results in automatic internal rhyme in the closing stanza.
The
FOLLOWING are the specifications for the Rhymed Version.
Rhyme
scheme:
a
a
bcbc
dede
fcfc
hehe
cece
The
opening line and first stanza are 6 syllables
Stanza
two is 7 syllables
Stanza
three is 8 syllables
Stanza
four is 9 Syllables
Stanza
five is undefined.
Example Poem
We Are All
Brothers (Cheyenelle)
From different
mothers
Indeed we all do
come.
We can all get along
If when we meet we
hum
a tune or sing a
song.
Tribal chants - many
voices
recognizing all are
swayed
by Earth's gifts -
that our choices
hinge on those
others have made.
DNA has proven and
we'll
all soon know that
we all belong
to a common tribe
and can feel
at home on earth
with kinship strong.
Once all people know
they are mankind's
blood-brother all
will join the parade
which will find
humanity enshrined
at peace with earth
and quite unafraid.
Come along hum a
song.
Voices swayed
choices made.
We all belong; feel
strong
mankind's parade,
enshrined, unafraid.
(c) Lawrencealot -
Sept 28, 2012
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