Miniature

• Miniature is a verse form that is a kind of contradiction of syllabic and metric form. All but 2 lines, begin and end on stressed syllables which would imply catelectic trochaic meter. It also has an unusual feature of requiring the 5th syllable of the 1st line be rhymed with the 1st syllable of the 2nd line, it was created by Margaret Ball Dickson.
  
  The Miniature is:
• a decastich, a poem in 10 lines.
• syllabic, 7-5-7-5-7-6-7-6-7-7 syllables per line. All but L6 & L8 begin and end on a stressed syllable. L6 & L8 have feminine endings.
• rhyme x a x a x b x b c c, x being unrhymed.
• composed with the 5th syllable of L1, rhymed with the 1st syllable of L2

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My Thanks to Judi Van Gorder for the wonderful resource at PMO

My example poem

Mission Statement    (Miniature)

Moons unlike the moon of earth

soon will be our fare.

Ships exceeding speed of light

Will propel us there.

Men from earth will colonize

planets fit for living

We'll find other beings there

giving gifts worth giving.

Know that as our skills increase

So do hopes we'll spread but peace.

© Lawrencealot - April 3, 2014

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Amphion

• Amphion, another 20th century American verse form invented as a teaching tool. It alternates tetrameter lines with dimeter lines, created byViola Berg.

The Amphion is:
○ a 10 line poem.
○ metered, tetrameter lines alternate with sets of rhymed dimeter couplets.
○ Rhymed, rhyme scheme  abbaccdeed.

Super Bowl Sunday by Judi Van Gorder

A day of football at its end,
the bowls of chips
and gooey dips.
Emotions now are on the mend
the ups and downs
the fan base clowns.
The black and gold have got the win,
the players crow,
the losers go
their loss is carried on the chin.

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Example Poem

Bar Bully Ballet (Amphion)

He sits there staring at his drink.
his life is bad
and he's so sad
A bully entered-- what'd ya think?
He grabbed the glass
He's such an ass--
The sad guy cries he is so blue.
"Damn all's gone wrong,
"Twas my swan song--
Then this ass drank my poisoned brew! "

© Lawrencealot -November 26,2013


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Ravenfly

This is a form created by Amanda J. Norton, writing on Allpoetry as DarkButterfly.

It consists of two quatrains and a couplet

with syllables of 8/7/8/7/10/10

rhyming abab cdcd ee

There are no metric requirements.

Example Poem

May I Sit Here   (Ravenfly)

Penelope prevaricates

She's done it throughout her life.

The truth she just approximates.

Glad she's someone else's wife.

She runs down gals she doesn't know.

Bill,  when choosing where he sits

avoids her;  I would never though,

I appreciate her tits.

Besides by sitting there when 'ere I can.

She has to slime and smear some other man.

© Lawrencealot - July 11, 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

Decquain

The Decuain (pronounced deck•won), created by Shelley A. Cephas,
is a short poem made up of 10 lines, which can be written on any subject.
There are 10 syllables per line and the poem is
written in iambic pentameter.
There are 3 set choices of rhyme scheme:
ababbcbcaa, ababbcbcbb, or ababbcbccc
For a longer Decuain poem, add more stanzas for a double, triple, quatruple, etc. Decuain.


Example Poem

Leap to Lancelot 

They thought they had me trapped-- the silly fools.

But I'm an acrobat and dive with skill.

I do double twists into tiny pools.

I'll foil their evil plans to rape and kill.

After a safe dive, which will be a thrill,

I' ll be saved by Sir Lancelot by skiff.

He's promised so I know he surely will.

His little boat was hidden by the cliff.

No maiden fair (and that does describe me,)

will Lancelot allow be lost at sea.

(c) Lawrencealot - April 18,2012

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Dectina Refrain

This form was invented by Marion Friedenthal and named 'Dectina Refrain' by Luke Prater.
The form is written with your syllables going: 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10
Your 10th line is comprised of your first four lines all together as one stand alone line in quotation marks.

I have found it common, not to use quotation marks.

Example poem

Rejuvenate

Play

with your

children now,

cherish the time.

Everything is new

to them, and magic too.

Doubt me not, my adult friends,

they can transfer that to you.  No

household or other chore can do that.

"Play with your children now, cherish the time."

(c) Lawrencealot - May 26, 2012

Stress Matrix Dectet

This is a form Invented by British Poet Luke Prater,

it comprises ten lines, ten syllables per line, following the rhyme-scheme/structure

 aBa BcBc DcD

where lowercase are iambic pentameter and uppercase are trochaic pentameter – they alternate the whole way, yielding a perfect ‘checkerboard’ of stressed and unstressed syllables, ten lines down x ten syllables across (=100 syllables completely evenly distributed; the rhyme scheme is also  even/symmetrical mathematically).

Ampersandcastles

The Ages, Dark, concede, recede like tides,

leaving shores to Renaissance sand-castles

built big, with shells and mortar; fairground rides

chitter-chatting dusky-distance rascals.

From beach to fair, knots in my hair, and sand,

shaken out, like doubt of change, the mask-all.

Hey, dance – try throwing shapes! An ampersand?

Just like you, to groove to punctuation.

No ampersand; sniff out a woman’s hand,

claiming back some laddish inclination.

Copyright © Luke Prater (2011)

If the syllabic feet (iambs and trochees) are singled out, and only the stressed syllables are highlighted (and stanza-breaks removed), you can more clearly see the ‘checkerboard’ of stresses and unstresses evenly distributed over the 10×10 (100) -

the A | ges DARK | con CEDE | re CEDE | like TIDES

LEA ving | SHORES to | REN ai | SSANCE sand | CA stles

built BIG | with SHELLS | and MOR | tar; FAIR | ground RIDES

CHI tter | CHA tting | DUS ky | DIS tance | RAS cals

from BEACH | to FAIR | knots IN | my HAIR | and SAND

SHA ken | OUT like | DOUBT of | CHANGE the | MASK-all

hey DANCE | try THROW | ing SHAPES | an AMP | er SAND

JUST like | YOU to | GROOVE to | PUNC tu | A tion

no AM | per SAND | sniff OUT | a WO | man’s HAND

CLAI ming | BACK some | LA ddish | IN cli | NA tion.

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Example Poem

Here I have expanded the concept to write a

 Stress Maxtrix Dectet with the diminishing  Hexeverse form concept/

The Experiment

'Twas the tempest thrumming through our culture

restraint forgotten, crowding at the till.

Leaders sought to feed- not kill the vulture.

 Ask not how will I serve, but how my will

best be served if pork be granted voters?

Give them from their own cart; they are the thill

made to pull.  We're simply gift promoters.

 If business pledged what cannot be sustained

government will bail out General Motors

because the Union votes have been ordained.

Envy, greed, and yes, annoyance

have marked our liberty's demise.

Harking this took no clairvoyance.

Largess bestowed is no surprise.

 Bondage first then faith -spiritual,

courage, then liberty; which grows

abundance, before residual

complacent apathy then shows.

Soon we are dependent

and after that we're slaves.

History's resplendent

with samples of such waves.

This is how we'll end it.

kowtowing to the raves.

Here we're standing

with troubled brow,

sad soft-landing

but we saw how.

(c) Lawrencealot - December 25, 2012

Etheree

The etheree is a little-known poetry format, consisting of ten lines with graduated syllables. It was created over twenty years ago by an Arkansas poet named Etheree Taylor Armstrong.

The first line is a monosyllabic word; the second line has two syllables, and so on, until the tenth line with, ultimately, ten syllables. The form and outline of your poem should look like the following diagram where X=a syllable:

X

XX

XXX

XXXX

XXXXX

XXXXXX

XXXXXXX

XXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXXXX

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Example Poem

Wouldn't Chu?

Duck

Pigeon

Meadow lark

Ring-neck pheasant

swallow, sparrow, hawk

Even owls in  the night.

All may at some time take flight.

Some still have to walk, the penguin,

ostrich,  and emu to name a few.

If they'd voted they'd all fly.  So would  I.

© Lawrencealot -May 7, 2012

Ovillejo

Ovillejo
The term, which derives from skein, refers to a tightly wound little
10-line verse that rolls out in measured segments, then goes back and
picks up the short threads for the final unraveling.

It's easier to show an example than try to describe it, so I have done that.
There seems to be widespread speculation on the parameters of the form, but
I've never found a definitive guide, so stick to the format in my example,
which is iambic with a rhyme scheme of aa bb cc cddc.

The first six lines alternate between tetrameter and dimeter;
the next three are tetrameter,
and the final line consists of L2, 4 & 6 all in a row.


Example Poem

Choose Cheer

My life's a joy, it is indeed,
living my creed.

When troubles come they get resolved;
problems are solved.

They're fixed, dismissed, conclusions drawn--
not dwelled upon.

Change direction,your angst is gone.
Options appear with each closed door
you otherwise might not explore.
Living my creed, problems are solved not dwelled upon.

Ignore upset; 't'wll disappear;
configure cheer.

To guaranty that your life sings
rearrange things.

Just make a stranger smile today.
Make your life play.

Sadness dissipates- goes away
once acknowledged and then released.
By attitude one's joy's increased.
Configure cheer. Rearrange things. Make your life play.

© Lawrencealot - August 7, 2012


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Rishal

A poetry form created by Chindarella consising of four or more 3-line stanzas and a single concluding line.  Each line has 10 syllables. The first line of each stanza is divided into two 5-syllable parts.

No specific meter is required.

In each stanza the first line begins with the second part of the first line from the previous stanza.

The rhyme scheme is aba cdc efe ghg ... x.

The 2nd line in each stanza must have internal rhyme with the 5th syllable

rhyming with the 10th.

( I would presume that poets who opt for iambic or trochaic meter, may adjust

the line segments and interal rhyme syllable accordingly)

The final line does not need to rhyme;

it also begins with the second part of the preceding first line.

Example Poem

Intermission

We all are forewarned, no one is surprised.

Though death awaits all, we all may ride tall.

We can't write death out; script can't be revised.

No one is surprised that our days will end

By some grand design, while most parts are fine

there are no clues that Death's presence portend.

That our days will end, all but children know.

How poor we'd be served if fear were deserved.

Such in not the case, play, love, give, then go.

All but children know our curtain shall fall.

Readied all your life, by faith, friends, and wife,

by, works of hand and mind and love for all.

Our curtain shall fall for intermission.

(c) Lawrencealot -April 29, 2013

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Sonnetina Tre

SONNETINA TRE

1. The form is created from three stanzas.

 These consist of two quatrains and one couplet.

2. The normal structure has the two quatrains first followed by

a concluding couplet. 

Variations on this include the mini-Dorn (see Dorn sonnet)

structure which has the  couplet in the middle, 

it is also possible to begin with the couplet.

3. There is no set meter or rhyme scheme, 

though iambic pentameter or tetrameter is quite usual.

Rhyme Scheme: abab ccde de or abba dd deed

Example Poem

Girswold Fuzzy Longbottom  (Sonnetina tre)

I've never owned a Yorkie pup you see,

That breed has always been the owner here.

Though Griz is second such to live with me,

He makes it clear to other pets that dear

grandpa is his toy.  When I am not home

my wife can have his love.  He'll sit or lay

most quietly with her; submit to comb

and bath.  When I'm around he wants to play.

He never comes to me without his ball

for that's his favorite dog game of all.

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Sonnetina Cinque

SONNETINA CINQUE
1. This form comprises of two cinquains.
2. There is no set meter or rhyme scheme, though iambic pentameter or tetrameter is common.
I HAVE SEEN THIS POSTULATED:
 iambic tetrameter, rhyme scheme aabba OR abbaa
3. The first cinquain gives a statement or sets up a question.
The second cinquain provides a counterpoint to that statement or answers the question.



Example Poem


Maybe   (Sonnetina Cinque)

A gentleman must always know
A "maybe" spoken by his date
means actions planned "might" have to wait.
While "yes" is clear and signals " go,
"Maybe" seems meaning "yes,but slow."

She needs some help and time to think
which will be moot if you inspire
emotionally ignited fire.
A "maybe's" changed with just a wink
and kisses helped along with drink.

© Lawrencealot - January 6, 2013

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Sonnetina Quatro

SONNETINA QUATRO

1. The form comprises of two stanzas. These are a sestet and a quatrain.

2. The sestet and quatrain may appear either way round, but the more usual design is the sestet first.

Rhyme Scheme: ababab cdcd

Example Poem:

Then the Dog Ran Off    (Sonnetina Quatro)

I taught my dog to drive my truck 

so I could ride and play guitar. 

When I get drunk I'm still in luck, 

He drives home from the country bar. 

A trooper stopped us.  That did suck; 

We were not going very far. 

The truck's impounded.  I'm in jail, 

A license I forgot to get. 

Yes, it's a sad and sorry tale. 

My license won't work for my pet. 

 © Lawrencealot - January 5, 2012

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Sonnatina Due

SONNETIAN DUE  Five couplets

Rhyme Scheme: aabbccddee

Usually Iambic tetrameter or petrameter

Example Poem

Order UP (Sonnetina Due)

When hatched then orphaned what's the fix?

What do they do with baby chicks

They're sent to Foster Farms I guess.

Bad joke here kid, I must confess.

I wonder what you might think worst,

To go as egg or get fat first?

I'd say the egg is insensate-

and chicken feed is not that great.

So Jimmy's fate is not so bad.

Serve me with toast and I'll be glad.

 © Lawrencealot - July 27, 2012

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Sonnetina Uno

SONNETINA UNO

A ten line poem

Requires: IAMBIC PENTAMER using BLANK VERSE

Example Poem

Interlude (Sonnetina Uno)

The winter settled down, it's artwork done, 

The thermometer dropped stopping the snow 

and holding for us still-life clearly cast. 

The roads were all cleared; a recess was called 

for visitors to take pictures to share. 

A suspension of time, deferring spring, 

with frigid heart-warming inversion felt 

as still air-motionless, and mutely crisp. 

While not every year is such a scene seen, 

these days are treasures wrought for memory's sake. 

© Lawrencealot - January 4, 2013

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Tritina

The pattern of word-repetition is as follows, where the words that end

the lines of the first tercet are represented by the numbers "1 2 3":

  1 2 3          - End words of lines in first tercet.

  3 1 2          - End words of lines in second tercet.

  2 3 1          - End words of lines in third tercet.

  (1 2 3)        - Words contained in the final line.

Your Composition.

The repetition of words in a Tritina makes this form a good match for

a story that uses common speech, for in conversation the repetition

of key words is common. The Tritina is a more "natural" form than the

Villanelle (which is comparatively artificial in repeating whole lines)

and the Sestina (which is significantly more challenging because it is

longer (39 lines) and reuses six words

in six six-line stanzas and a closing tercet).

Example Poem

Fido

I have  always liked dogs. 

Almost all dogs I like. 

And almost all like me. 

Their faithfulness moves me. 

I prefer smaller dogs 

'Cus big poop, I  don't like. 

Of course I  still do like 

gals who are nice to me. 

as long as they like dogs. 

I like dogs;  dogs like me. 

Related forms: Bina, Tritina, Quartina, Quintina, Sestina, Newman Sestina, Sidney's Double Sestina, Decrina, and Canzone.

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