Rubliw Notes

Developed from the Cinquain by Richard Wilbur, the Rubliw is usually a message to a person, a group, or mankind. Usually iambic, it starts with monometer, each lime increasing by a foot until the fifth line in pentameter. The lines then decrease by a foot each time until the closing line in monometer. Example Birds …

Ropalic Notes

The Ropalic seems to be easy at first glance, but actually requires a lot of hard work to accomplish a piece to a poet’s satisfaction. The rules are simple enough, with each line the first word is monosyllabic, the second has two syllables, the third three and so on. There is no rhyme or meter …

Rictameter Notes

Inspired by the movie ‘The Dead Poets Society’ cousins Jason and Richard Wilkins formed their own society of poets and from their challenges Richard created the Rictameter in 1990-91. Based on the concept of a cinquain and its functionality without restrictions other than format the popularity of the form has spread.With no rhyme or meter …

#Writephoto – King of Seas

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 …

Pleiades Notes

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 …

Nocturne 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 …

Crimson Vapours

love left tearing my soul as sharpened blades traced veins...

Sin Eater’s Supper

And what is this world we have made: Where everyone’s heaven is our sin, The only sin left here is guilt...

Yuletide

Yule, divine Pagan rite...

Gothic Poetry Notes

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, …

As Easy as ABC

Arouse the senses, Breath meeting quivering lips, Craving mouth-watering moments...

Clouded #writephoto

Background: Every Thursday Sue Vincent hosts the #writephoto prompt. This week’s prompt ...

Starting with Z #writephoto

Zen in a moment Yielding in silent tides of destiny eXistence dissolving into night fall...

His Dancer

I feel your eyes caress as I dance Probing, stroking...

Cinquain Notes

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 …

Hush

I’M shutting it out TRYING to stop the noise TO forget what used to be...

Blank Verse Notes

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 …

Bacchus and Ariadne

A glass of ruby wine, a god in love His woman that they left alone to die Upon an island, abandoned by man

Spiralling Dreams

Images colliding, twisting, turning. Mentality

Aubade Poetry Notes

Aubade Poetry Notes An Aubade is a song or poem of any chosen form that celebrates the new day

Blank Verse

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

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 …

Rhopalic Verse

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. …

Etheree

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 …