Poetry, stories and strange odds and ends from the desk of a writer
My thanks for another awesome prompt from KL Caley. King of SeasForm: Acrostic Kisses of love diedI have lost my lady moonNow my heart weeps the sad tearsGlaring into the darkness of an unlit night Ostracized by the starsFeeling the loneliness in alone Searching the lands, skies and seasEarth Mother whisperedAsk NeptuneSire, return my lady … Continue reading #Writephoto – King of Seas
Created by Craig Tigerman in 1999, the Pleiades is a relatively new form. The Pleiades is a star cluster in the Taurus constellation and when discovered by the Greeks was named the Seven Sisters – Alcyone, Asterope, Celaeno, Electra, Maio, Merope, and Tygeta. The form consists of seven lines, each line starting with the same … Continue reading Pleiades Notes
The Nocturne is poetry suggestive of the moods of night, mainly from a romantic perspective. In the Classical period it was intended for late-evening soirees, however, there is a plethora of other moods of the night the style can be used for. Example Nocturne in a Deserted Brickyard by Carl Sandburg Stuff of the moonRuns … Continue reading Nocturne Notes
love left tearing my soul as sharpened blades traced veins...
And what is this world we have made: Where everyone’s heaven is our sin, The only sin left here is guilt...
Yule, divine Pagan rite...
Gothic or Dark Poetry is an invitation to write the darker side of life and the imagination. It’s an alternative to the sweet and romantic love poetry of Keats or Wordsworth. So, if you feel a need to write about the feelings of someone being there when you are alone, the dark emotions of depression, … Continue reading Gothic Poetry Notes
Arouse the senses, Breath meeting quivering lips, Craving mouth-watering moments...
Background: Every Thursday Sue Vincent hosts the #writephoto prompt. This week’s prompt ...
Zen in a moment Yielding in silent tides of destiny eXistence dissolving into night fall...
I feel your eyes caress as I dance Probing, stroking...
The Cinquain is a popular five-line stanza, derived from a very casual French form by Adelaide Crapsey. The five lines have specific syllable count starting with a two-syllable line and each of the following three lines increasing by two syllables and the final line is two syllables. Many poets use iambic meter, but that is … Continue reading Cinquain Notes
I’M shutting it out TRYING to stop the noise TO forget what used to be...
Strictly speaking, Blank Verse is a poem written in lines of iambic pentameter, however many poets relax this to decasyllabic lines, and why not, indeed. Blank verse poems can be in one stanza or broken into various stanzas of the line length the poet wishes. There is no rhyme scheme. Example: Riverside by Terry Clitheroe … Continue reading Blank Verse Notes
A glass of ruby wine, a god in love His woman that they left alone to die Upon an island, abandoned by man
Images colliding, twisting, turning. Mentality
Aubade Poetry Notes An Aubade is a song or poem of any chosen form that celebrates the new day
Blank Verse is constructed lines of iambic pentameter without a rhyme scheme. For longer poems, it can be divided into stanzas of varying length or stanzas of equal length.
Acrostic poetry is a short autonomous verse constructed by a placing capitalised word or phrase vertically down the page to form the initial letters of each line of poetry. Each line is used to relate to the word or praise the subject. Acrostic poetry can be used with various other poetic forms that fit with … Continue reading Acrostic Poetry
The Rhopalic verse is not as easy as it looks at first glance. The rules of the form are simple enough as for each line the first word is one syllable, the second is two, the third is three and so on. There are no other limits in line length or the number of stanzas. … Continue reading Rhopalic Verse
The Etheree is a 10-lined poetry form with an ascending syllable count of 1 to 10 through lines 1 to 10. Therefore, line 1 has 1 syllable, line 2 has 2, and so on ending with line 10 and 10 syllables. Example: Elemental by Jez Farmer Fire Air, Earth Water sprites combined as one. Life's … Continue reading Etheree
