WHERE WERE WE?
First, the opinions of the management.
(If you want your own opinions,
you'll have to make them up yourself.)
After I've held forth, there will be some
resources, both for writing in forms, and
for other types of poetry writing.
I hope you'll find some of it helpful.
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First, MULLING WITH MEDUSA:
The Ugly Truth!
Let's face it: if you write poems in forms and then submit them to most publishers, they'll get rejected. That's the ugly truth; form-writing is definitely out of favor these days. So why do them? Here are some of my mullings about writing in forms, and while we're at it, about writing to prompts/seeds/triggers—whatever you want to call those things:
Every poem you write is in a form, even if
it's free verse. And every poem you write has a trigger: an image, a
thought, a word. If I pull an image from inside my head, it's no
different than receiving it as an "instruction" from a book or another
poet or Medusa's Kitchen; I need to learn how to spin gold from that
image. Who cares where it came from? Poets steal shamelessly and
endlessly; it's a necessary skill for any artist. (Don't marry one.)
Some
people complain that writing to forms or to prompts is like stuffing
their poem into a girdle. But the truth is, every poem you write should
go through some kind of similar "stuffing"—some kind of ordering and
paring down and organization, rather than just a free-write spilling of
words onto the page without any later editing. Similarly with forms and rhyming: I
need to pay attention to the rhythm and order and sounds of every poem I
write, whether I'm trying to do a sonnet or an etheree or free verse (which really isn't, after all, all that free); if it is, in my opinion,
it becomes too prose-y.
So
join in the party and write your responses to prompts, whether they
are images or forms or assignments or your grandmother's bustle.
Wonderful poems come out of these exercises, which are, in my mind, like
playing scales. Who knows? Something beautiful and timeless may come out of it.
Here's some food for thought:
"Some people imagine that rhyme interferes with the rational processes of thought by obliging us to distort what we originally had in mind. But are rational processes so important? In many of us, even in poets, they can be dull and predictable. An interruption, a few detours and unexpected turns, might make a trip with them less routine. The necessity of finding a rhyme may jolt the mind out of its ruts, force it to turn wildly across the fields in some more exhilarating direction. Force it out of the world of reason into the world of mystery, magic, and imagination, in which relationships between sounds may be as exciting as a Great Idea.”
―John Frederick Nims and David Mason
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—Public Domain Illustration
Check your Poetry Term Acumen here:
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Here is a smattering of the many resources that are out there, both to help you with this whole form thing, and with some other good stuff besides. And don't be shy about sending us other sites and books that you have found helpful! (The ones with red stars have lists of form types in them.)
•••Discover Poetry (discoverpoetry.com/poems) includes a collection of Walt Whitman poems. PBS TV’s Poetry in America series (www.pbs.org/show/poetry-in-america) has a wonderful two-part program on Whitman that should be viewed by Putin and many others today…
•••Famous Poetry Online: Lotsa stuff here; check it out: www.famousliteraryworks.com
•••Grammarly for grammar brush-ups. Here, for example, are thoughts about the metaphor, the back-bone of poetry: www.grammarly.com/blog/metaphor
•••The Guardian: www.guardian.co.uk/books/poetry, including Poem of the Week at www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2017/nov/20/poem-of-the-week-yoga-for-leaders-and-others-by-philip-fried/.
•••The Haiku Foundation: https://thehaikufoundation.org
•••Imagism: poets.org/text/brief-guide-imagism
•••Kids' Poetry Club: www.kidspoetryclub.com/.
Every Monday, meet Little Dazzy Donuts and the Club characters in a
15-minute podcast episode filled with rhymes and fun, as well as the
chance to listen to kids reading their own poetry entries into regular
competitions.
•••*Language is a Virus: www.languageisavirus.com/poetry-guide/index.html
•••"Listening to Poetry" by Annie Finch, an article about sound at www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/03/listening-to-poetry/.
•••*Poetry Websites: BIG list of forms sites, and I mean BIG: www.writing.com/main/portfolio/item_id/1734664-Poetry-Websites
•••Poets Collective’s Rhyme Zone (www.rhymezone.com):
A writer's resource for rhymes, synonyms, adjectives, etc.—lots of help
with getting the right word to work for you in the right way!
•••Poets House: poetshouse.org/mission or see blog at poetshouse.org/blog/. Many of our Rattlechaps Chapbooks are in there.
•••*Society of Classical Poets: classicalpoets.org/category/poetry-forms
•••The Sounds of Poetry by Robert Pinsky, about fine-tuning your ear, may be purchased at www.amazon.com/Sounds-Poetry-Brief-Guide/dp/0374526176
•••”What is Poetic Form?” by Emily Jarvis, a short description of how/why poetry is structured into forms: penandthepad.com/poetic-form-8726589.html
•••Also by Emily Jarvis: “Examples of Musical Devices in Poetry”: penandthepad.com/examples-musical-devices-poems-20170.html.
•••*Writer's Digest: prompts/contests/comments: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry and forms: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/poetic-forms
•••"Writing Forward" by Melissa Donovan; articles about writing: https://www.writingforward.com/blog
For more about poetry terminology, see:
For more about rhyme, see:
For more about meter, see:
•••www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-iambic-pentameter-definition-literature
•••www.pandorapost.com/2021/05/examples-of-iambic-pentameter-tetrameter-and-trimeter-in-poetry.html
•••nosweatshakespeare.com/sonnets/iambic-pentameter
•••www.thoughtco.com/introducing-iambic-pentameter-2985082
•••www.nfi.edu/iambic-pentameter
—Public Domain Illustration
•••There are many print books, too, of course, including Lewis Turco's classics, The New Book of Forms and The Teachers & Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms, ed. by Ron Padgett. For information about Lewis Turco, go to:
•••Biography: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lewis-turco
•••Purchase (be sure to get 2020 edition): www.amazon.com/Book-Forms-Handbook-Poetics-Fifth/dp/0826361889
•••Biography: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lewis-turco
•••Purchase (be sure to get 2020 edition): www.amazon.com/Book-Forms-Handbook-Poetics-Fifth/dp/0826361889
•••My favorite thesaurus, by the way, is Roget's Int'l Thesaurus
from HarperCollins, ed. by Barbara Ann Kipfer; Rbt. L. Chapman,
Consulting Ed. ISBN 0-06-018575-9). And there are other resources scattered through these links, so suss 'em out.
A final note: there are also poetry groups to look at, such as state poetry societies. Such groups hold contests, conventions, journals, newsletters... all the things that groups do for themselves and each other. Cruise the 'Net and you'll find plenty.
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poetry can take limitless forms!
—Public Domain Photo
MEDUSA'S FORM FINDER
A guide to all the forms we've used on
Form Fiddler's Friday over the years—
at this point approx. 477, but that'll
grow as we add some each week.
(Sorry that you'll have to
cut and paste; there are
too many for Blogger. Sorry.)
•••Abacadaba (Magic-9 poems): www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/magic-9-poetic-forms
•••Abbreviated Haiku: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/example-index
•••Abecedarian: poets.org/glossary/abecedarian
•••Abhanga: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/abhanga
•••Abbreviated Haiku: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/example-index
•••Abecedarian: poets.org/glossary/abecedarian
•••Abhanga: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/abhanga
•••Abracadabra (devised by Joyce Odam): eleven lines, eleven syllables, single stanza; rhymed: a b c a x a x a b c a
•••Abstract/Sound Poetry: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/abstract-or-sound-poetry
•••Acronymity (devised by Carl Schwartz): 3-line stanzas, each line starting with the same three letters: 123, 123, 123 etc.
•••Acrostic Poem types: https://studybay.com/blog/how-to-write-an-acrostic-poem
•••Abstract/Sound Poetry: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/abstract-or-sound-poetry
•••Acronymity (devised by Carl Schwartz): 3-line stanzas, each line starting with the same three letters: 123, 123, 123 etc.
•••Acrostic Poem types: https://studybay.com/blog/how-to-write-an-acrostic-poem
•••Acrostic, Double (conventional): https://studybay.com/blog/how-to-write-an-acrostic-poem
•••Acrostic, Double (devised by Carl Schwartz): first letters and first words of each line form Acrostics
•••Ae Freislighe: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/ae-freislighe-poetic-form
•••A L’Arora: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/alarora.html
•••Alexandrine: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms?category=209
•••Acrostic, Double (devised by Carl Schwartz): first letters and first words of each line form Acrostics
•••Ae Freislighe: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/ae-freislighe-poetic-form
•••A L’Arora: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/alarora.html
•••Alexandrine: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms?category=209
•••Alliteration: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alliteration
•••Alliteration Poem (Single-Letter Poem): Each word of the poem begins with the same letter. See www.masterclass.com/articles/poetry-101-what-is-alliteration-in-poetry-alliteration-definition-with-examples#what-is-alliteration
•••Alliterisen: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/alliterisen.html
•••Alouette: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/alouette.html
•••Alphabet Poetry: https://www.writersdigest.com/personal-updates/alphabet-poetry-or-going-back-to-school
•••Amanda’s Pinch: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/amandas-pinch
•••American Sentence Acrostic: 17-syllable American sentence, as per Allen Ginsberg's definition. (See https://www.negativecapabilitypress.org/.../theamericanse…) Then, write down each word of the sentence in order vertically, like an acrostic but with words instead of letters. They will become the first word in each line of a poem, similar to a Reverse Golden Shovel.
•••American 767: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/3223
•••Amphion: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/amphion
•••Anachronism: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/anachronism#:~:text=Glossary%20of%20Poetic%20Terms&text=Someone%20or%20something%20placed%20in,when%20the%20play%20is%20set.
•••Analogue: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/analogue
•••Anapeat: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/anapeat
•••Anaphora: https://literarydevices.net/anaphora
•••Andaree: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/andaree
•••Antonymic Translation: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/antonymic-translation-poetic-forms
•••Aquarian: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/aquarian
•••Argonelle: poeticsonline.com/glossary/argonelles
•••Arkquain, Arkquain String, Arkquain Swirl: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/example-index (scroll down)
•••Ars Poetica: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/ars-poetica
•••Amanda’s Pinch: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/amandas-pinch
•••Aubade: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/aubade
•••Awdl Gywydd: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/awdl-gywydd-poetic-forms
•••Alliteration Poem (Single-Letter Poem): Each word of the poem begins with the same letter. See www.masterclass.com/articles/poetry-101-what-is-alliteration-in-poetry-alliteration-definition-with-examples#what-is-alliteration
•••Alliterisen: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/alliterisen.html
•••Alouette: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/alouette.html
•••Alphabet Poetry: https://www.writersdigest.com/personal-updates/alphabet-poetry-or-going-back-to-school
•••Amanda’s Pinch: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/amandas-pinch
•••American Sentence Acrostic: 17-syllable American sentence, as per Allen Ginsberg's definition. (See https://www.negativecapabilitypress.org/.../theamericanse…) Then, write down each word of the sentence in order vertically, like an acrostic but with words instead of letters. They will become the first word in each line of a poem, similar to a Reverse Golden Shovel.
•••American 767: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/3223
•••Amphion: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/amphion
•••Anachronism: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/anachronism#:~:text=Glossary%20of%20Poetic%20Terms&text=Someone%20or%20something%20placed%20in,when%20the%20play%20is%20set.
•••Analogue: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/analogue
•••Anapeat: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/anapeat
•••Anaphora: https://literarydevices.net/anaphora
•••Andaree: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/andaree
•••Antonymic Translation: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/antonymic-translation-poetic-forms
•••Aquarian: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/aquarian
•••Argonelle: poeticsonline.com/glossary/argonelles
•••Arkquain, Arkquain String, Arkquain Swirl: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/example-index (scroll down)
•••Ars Poetica: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/ars-poetica
•••Amanda’s Pinch: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/amandas-pinch
•••Aubade: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/aubade
•••Awdl Gywydd: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/awdl-gywydd-poetic-forms
•••Baccresiezé: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Badger’s Hexastitch: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/badgers-hexastitch
•••Balada: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/balada
•••Balance: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/the-balance
•••Balassi Stanza: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/balassi-stanza
•••Ballad: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/ballad OR www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/ballade.htm
•••Ballade: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/ballade-poetic-forms
•••Ballade Supreme: www.poetrybase.info/forms/000/16.shtml
•••Barbee: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/barbee
•••Bar Form: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/bar-form
•••Beacon of Hope: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/beacon-of-hope
•••Bema’s Best: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/bemas-best
•••Benison: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/bennison
•••Big Wah (devised by Joyce Odam): 6 lines, 6 syllables each, 6 action verbs, 6 strengths-purposes
•••Bina: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/bina
•••Bits & Pieces (devised by Carl Schwartz): seven 3-line stanzas; the first is 3 lines of 1 syllable per line, each stanza growing by 1 syllable until the last one has 7 syllables per line. (The more adventurous can add more stanzas.) The first 2 lines of each stanza rhyme, and for stanzas 1-6, at least the last word of line 3 enjambs with what follows.
•••Blank Verse: literarydevices.net/blank-verse AND/OR www.masterclass.com/articles/poetry-101-what-is-the-difference-between-blank-verse-and-free-verse#quiz-0
•••Blank Verse Sonnet: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1051-blank-verse-sonnet
•••Blind Rhyme or Hidden Rhyme: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/blind-rhyme-or-hidden-rhyme
•••Blitz poem: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/poetic-form-the-blitz-poem OR www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/blitzpoem.html
•••Blood Quill: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/blood-quill
•••Bob and Wheel: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/bob-and-wheel-poetic-forms
•••Boketto (“Listen to the Light”):
poeticbloomings2.wordpress.com2016/05/11/inform-poets-boketto
•••Book Spine Poem: law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2020/04/national-poetry-month-create-book-spine-poetry
•••Boolean: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/boolean-poetic-forms
•••Bop: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/poetic-form-the-bop
•••Borrow-&-Give-Back: Take someone else's poem, write it out then remove even-numbered lines and write your own in their place; then remove odd-numbered lines and write your own.
•••Bouts-rime: http://www.poeticbyway.com/gl-b.html#bouts_rimes
•••Bragi: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/bragi
•••Breccbairdne: https://www.writersdigest.com/poetic-asides/breccbairdne-poetic-forms
•••Bref Double: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/bref-double-poetic-form
•••Brevee: poetscollective.org/poetryforms
•••Brevette: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/brevette.html
•••Bryant: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/bryant
•••Burns stanza, Habbie, Scottish stanza: poemanalysis.com/poetic-form/burns-stanza/#:~:text=
•••BushBallad Meter: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/bushballad-meter
•••Butterfly Cinquain: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/butterfly-cinquain
•••Butterfly Quintet: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/butterfly-quintet
•••Byr a Thoddaid: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/byr-a-thoddaid-poetic-form
•••Ballade Supreme: www.poetrybase.info/forms/000/16.shtml
•••Barbee: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/barbee
•••Bar Form: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/bar-form
•••Beacon of Hope: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/beacon-of-hope
•••Bema’s Best: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/bemas-best
•••Benison: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/bennison
•••Big Wah (devised by Joyce Odam): 6 lines, 6 syllables each, 6 action verbs, 6 strengths-purposes
•••Bina: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/bina
•••Bits & Pieces (devised by Carl Schwartz): seven 3-line stanzas; the first is 3 lines of 1 syllable per line, each stanza growing by 1 syllable until the last one has 7 syllables per line. (The more adventurous can add more stanzas.) The first 2 lines of each stanza rhyme, and for stanzas 1-6, at least the last word of line 3 enjambs with what follows.
•••Blank Verse: literarydevices.net/blank-verse AND/OR www.masterclass.com/articles/poetry-101-what-is-the-difference-between-blank-verse-and-free-verse#quiz-0
•••Blank Verse Sonnet: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1051-blank-verse-sonnet
•••Blind Rhyme or Hidden Rhyme: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/blind-rhyme-or-hidden-rhyme
•••Blitz poem: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/poetic-form-the-blitz-poem OR www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/blitzpoem.html
•••Blood Quill: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/blood-quill
•••Bob and Wheel: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/bob-and-wheel-poetic-forms
•••Boketto (“Listen to the Light”):
poeticbloomings2.wordpress.com2016/05/11/inform-poets-boketto
•••Book Spine Poem: law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2020/04/national-poetry-month-create-book-spine-poetry
•••Boolean: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/boolean-poetic-forms
•••Bop: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/poetic-form-the-bop
•••Borrow-&-Give-Back: Take someone else's poem, write it out then remove even-numbered lines and write your own in their place; then remove odd-numbered lines and write your own.
•••Bouts-rime: http://www.poeticbyway.com/gl-b.html#bouts_rimes
•••Bragi: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/bragi
•••Breccbairdne: https://www.writersdigest.com/poetic-asides/breccbairdne-poetic-forms
•••Bref Double: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/bref-double-poetic-form
•••Brevee: poetscollective.org/poetryforms
•••Brevette: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/brevette.html
•••Bryant: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/bryant
•••Burns stanza, Habbie, Scottish stanza: poemanalysis.com/poetic-form/burns-stanza/#:~:text=
•••BushBallad Meter: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/bushballad-meter
•••Butterfly Cinquain: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/butterfly-cinquain
•••Butterfly Quintet: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/butterfly-quintet
•••Byr a Thoddaid: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/byr-a-thoddaid-poetic-form
•••Cadence: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Caesura: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesura
•••Canopus: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/forums/topic/1199-metric-forms-from-pathways-for-the-poet
•••Cantar: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/cantar
•••Canzone: https://poemanalysis.com/poetic-form/canzone
•••Canzonet, Canzonetta, Canzonetta Prime: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/canzonetta
•••Carl’s Crazy Quilt (devised by Carl Schwartz): several different forms used to treat the same subject; see medusaskitchen.blogspot.com/2020/11/thanksgiven-and-many-more-in-return.html
•••Carl’s Spring Chickens (devised by Carl Schwartz): Any number of Quatrains, 9-7-9-7, rhyme lines 1 and 3
•••Carpe Diem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/carpe-diem
•••Cascade: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/cascade.html
•••Casbairdne: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/casbairdne-poetic-forms
•••Catena Rondo: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/catena-rondo AND/OR www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/catena-rondo-poetic-forms
•••Cento: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/cento-poetic-forms
•••Cethramtu Rannaigechta Moire: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/cethramtu-rannaigechta-moire-poetic-asides
•••Chanso: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/chanso-poetic-form
•••Chant: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/chant-poems-poetic-forms
•••Cherita: medusaskitchen.blogspot.com/search?q=cherita
•••Choka: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/choka
•••Chueh-chu: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/chueh-chu-poetic-forms
•••Cinq-Cinquain: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/cinq-cinquain
•••CinqTroisDecalLa Rhyme: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/cinrhyme.html
•••Canopus: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/forums/topic/1199-metric-forms-from-pathways-for-the-poet
•••Cantar: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/cantar
•••Canzone: https://poemanalysis.com/poetic-form/canzone
•••Canzonet, Canzonetta, Canzonetta Prime: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/canzonetta
•••Carl’s Crazy Quilt (devised by Carl Schwartz): several different forms used to treat the same subject; see medusaskitchen.blogspot.com/2020/11/thanksgiven-and-many-more-in-return.html
•••Carl’s Spring Chickens (devised by Carl Schwartz): Any number of Quatrains, 9-7-9-7, rhyme lines 1 and 3
•••Carpe Diem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/carpe-diem
•••Cascade: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/cascade.html
•••Casbairdne: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/casbairdne-poetic-forms
•••Catena Rondo: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/catena-rondo AND/OR www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/catena-rondo-poetic-forms
•••Cento: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/cento-poetic-forms
•••Cethramtu Rannaigechta Moire: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/cethramtu-rannaigechta-moire-poetic-asides
•••Chanso: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/chanso-poetic-form
•••Chant: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/chant-poems-poetic-forms
•••Cherita: medusaskitchen.blogspot.com/search?q=cherita
•••Choka: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/choka
•••Chueh-chu: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/chueh-chu-poetic-forms
•••Cinq-Cinquain: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/cinq-cinquain
•••CinqTroisDecalLa Rhyme: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/cinrhyme.html
•••Cinquain (traditional): https://www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/cinquain
•••Cinquain (Crapsey): poets.org/glossary/cinquain AND/OR www.poewar.com/poetry-in-forms-series-cinquain/. See www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/adelaide-crapsey for info about its inventor, Adelaide Crapsey.
•••Cinquain (Crapsey): poets.org/glossary/cinquain AND/OR www.poewar.com/poetry-in-forms-series-cinquain/. See www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/adelaide-crapsey for info about its inventor, Adelaide Crapsey.
•••Cinquain, Didactic: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/didactic-cinquain
•••Cinquain, Graduated (devised by Claire Baker): syllables 4, 8, 4, 8, 4
•••Cinquain, Graduated (devised by Claire Baker): syllables 4, 8, 4, 8, 4
•••Cinquain, Insane: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/insane-cinquain
•••Cinquain’s Cousin (devised by Claire Baker): Syllable count 3, 6, 6, 6, 6, 3
•••Cinquain, Word: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/didactic-cinquain
•••Cinquetun: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Cinquo: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/cinquo
•••Clarity Pyramid: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/pyramid.html
•••Clerihew: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/clerihew.html
•••Clogyrnach: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/clogyrnach-poetic-form
•••Companion Poem: https://poemanalysis.com/genre/companion-poem
•••Compound Word Verse: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/compound.html
•••Compression: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/compression
•••Concrete Poetry: poemanalysis.com/poetic-form/concrete-poem
•••Constanza: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/constanza.html
•••Conversation Poem: http://www.poeticbyway.com/gl-c.html#conversation_poem
•••Con-Verse: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/converse.html
•••Couplet: www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/couplet
•••Cro cumaisc etir casbairdne ocus lethrannaigecht: www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/cro-cumaisc-etir-casbairdni-ocus-lethrannaigecht-poetic-forms
•••Cromorna: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Cyhydedd Fer: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/cyhydedd-fer-poetic-forms
•••Cyhydedd Hir: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/cyhydedd-hir-poetic-forms
•••Cyhydedd Naw Ban: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/cyhydedd-naw-ban-poetic-forms
•••Cyrch a Chwta: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/cyrch-chwta-poetic-form
•••Cywydd Deuair Fyrion: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/cywydd-deuair-fyrion-poetic-forms
•••Cywydd Deuair Hirion: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/tag/isosyllabic-7
•••Cywydd Llosgyrnog: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/cywydd-llosgyrnog-poetic-form
•••Cinquetun: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Cinquo: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/cinquo
•••Clarity Pyramid: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/pyramid.html
•••Clerihew: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/clerihew.html
•••Clogyrnach: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/clogyrnach-poetic-form
•••Companion Poem: https://poemanalysis.com/genre/companion-poem
•••Compound Word Verse: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/compound.html
•••Compression: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/compression
•••Concrete Poetry: poemanalysis.com/poetic-form/concrete-poem
•••Constanza: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/constanza.html
•••Conversation Poem: http://www.poeticbyway.com/gl-c.html#conversation_poem
•••Con-Verse: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/converse.html
•••Couplet: www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/couplet
•••Cro cumaisc etir casbairdne ocus lethrannaigecht: www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/cro-cumaisc-etir-casbairdni-ocus-lethrannaigecht-poetic-forms
•••Cromorna: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Cyhydedd Fer: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/cyhydedd-fer-poetic-forms
•••Cyhydedd Hir: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/cyhydedd-hir-poetic-forms
•••Cyhydedd Naw Ban: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/cyhydedd-naw-ban-poetic-forms
•••Cyrch a Chwta: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/cyrch-chwta-poetic-form
•••Cywydd Deuair Fyrion: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/cywydd-deuair-fyrion-poetic-forms
•••Cywydd Deuair Hirion: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/tag/isosyllabic-7
•••Cywydd Llosgyrnog: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/cywydd-llosgyrnog-poetic-form
•••Daisy Chain: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/daisy-chain
•••Dandizette: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/dandizette
•••Dansa: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/dansa-poetic-forms
•••Decannelle: darksideofthemoon583.com/2018/01/26/10-line-poem-challenge-15-decannelle
•••Decima: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/decima-poetic-forms
•••Decnad Cummaisc: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/dechnad-cummaisc-poetic-forms
•••Dectina Refrain: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/dectina-refrain
•••Decuain: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/decuain.html
•••Deibhidhe: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/tag/7777
•••Deibide Baise Fri Toin: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/deibide-baise-fri-toin-poetic-forms
•••Diamante: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/diamante.html
•••Diatelle: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/diatelle.html
•••Dibi: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/dibi
•••Decuain: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/decuain.html
•••Deibhidhe: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/tag/7777
•••Deibide Baise Fri Toin: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/deibide-baise-fri-toin-poetic-forms
•••Diamante: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/diamante.html
•••Diatelle: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/diatelle.html
•••Dibi: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/dibi
•••Didactic: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/didactic.html
•••Dimeter: two poetic feet per line
•••Dimeter: two poetic feet per line
•••Diminishing Hexaverse: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/diminishing-hexaverse
•••Diminishing Verse: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/diminishing-verse-poetic-form
•••Distorted Diablo: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/distorted-diablo
•••Diminishing Verse: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/diminishing-verse-poetic-form
•••Distorted Diablo: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/distorted-diablo
•••Dividita (devised by Steve Brisendine—Esperanto for "divided," because it's based on the 5-7-5-7-7 Tanka form, doubled and then divided into couplets): Ten lines, 5-7 5-7 7-5 7-5 7-7. Only proper nouns and "I" are capitalized in either title or text, the whole thing must be an unbroken sentence, and there is no closing punctuation.
•••Dixdeux: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/dixdeux
•••Dixdeux: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/dixdeux
•••Dizain: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/dizain-poetic-form
•••Dodoitsu: www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/dodoitsu-poetic-forms
•••Domino Ryme: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/domino-ryme
•••Dodoitsu: www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/dodoitsu-poetic-forms
•••Domino Ryme: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/domino-ryme
•••Donna: https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet
•••Double Dactyl: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/double-dactyl
•••Double Exposure: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/double-exposure-poetic-forms
•••Dragonfly (devised by Edna St. Vincent Millay): rhymes a b b a b a | c d d c d c with the first line’s end-word repeated at the end of the last line of each stanza
•••Dream Poem: https://www.bing.com/search?q=dream+poem+form&pc=cosp&ptag=C999N1234A316A5D3C6E&form=0A1010&conlogo=CT3210127&showconv=1
•••Dribble: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/dribble
•••Droigneach Poem: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/droigneach-poetic-forms
•••Dr Stella: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/dr-stella AND/OR forums.familyfriendpoems.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=115687
•••Duodora: from Viola Berg’s book, Pathways for the Poet: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Duo-Rhyme: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/duorhyme.html
•••Duotrain: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/duotrain
•••Duplex: www.readpoetry.com/try-this-trio-3-poetic-forms-to-push-your-writing
•••Double Dactyl: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/double-dactyl
•••Double Exposure: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/double-exposure-poetic-forms
•••Dragonfly (devised by Edna St. Vincent Millay): rhymes a b b a b a | c d d c d c with the first line’s end-word repeated at the end of the last line of each stanza
•••Dream Poem: https://www.bing.com/search?q=dream+poem+form&pc=cosp&ptag=C999N1234A316A5D3C6E&form=0A1010&conlogo=CT3210127&showconv=1
•••Dribble: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/dribble
•••Droigneach Poem: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/droigneach-poetic-forms
•••Dr Stella: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/dr-stella AND/OR forums.familyfriendpoems.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=115687
•••Duodora: from Viola Berg’s book, Pathways for the Poet: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Duo-Rhyme: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/duorhyme.html
•••Duotrain: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/duotrain
•••Duplex: www.readpoetry.com/try-this-trio-3-poetic-forms-to-push-your-writing
•••Echo Verse: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/echo-verse-poetic-forms
•••Eclogue (Ecologue): A short pastoral poem is called an Eclogue (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclogue).
•••Egg Timer: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/egg-beater
•••Eight-ette: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/eight-ette
•••Eintou: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/eintou
•••EIO (or EIEIO) (devised by Carol Louise Moon): a five-line poem where the ends of lines rhyme in the scheme of A,B,A,B,B. The beginning words of each line begin with E,I,E,I,O.
•••Ekphrastic Poem: notesofoak.com/discover-literature/ekphrastic-poetry
•••Elegy: https://poets.org/glossary/elegy
•••Ekphrastic Poem: notesofoak.com/discover-literature/ekphrastic-poetry
•••Elegy: https://poets.org/glossary/elegy
•••Emmett: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/emmett
•••Endecha: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/endecha-poetic-forms
•••End-of-the-Line Poem: A poem of any length in which the same word is used at the end of each line
•••Englyn Byr Cwca: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/englyn-byr-cwca-poetic-forms
•••Englyn Milwr: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/englyn-milwr-poetic-forms
•••Englyn Penfyr: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/englyn-penfyr-poetic-forms
•••Englyn Unodl Union (èen-glin éen-oddlel èeen-yon): www.volecentral.co.uk/vf/englyn.htm AND/OR www.poetrybase.info/forms/001/117.shtml
•••Englyn Unold Crwca: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/englyn-unold-crwca-poetic-forms
•••Envoy (Envoi, Tornada): www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/envoi AND/OR pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Envoi
•••Epigram: www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/epigram
•••Epistolary poem: poets.org/glossary/epistolary-poem
•••Epitaph: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/epitaph
•••Endecha: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/endecha-poetic-forms
•••End-of-the-Line Poem: A poem of any length in which the same word is used at the end of each line
•••Englyn Byr Cwca: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/englyn-byr-cwca-poetic-forms
•••Englyn Milwr: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/englyn-milwr-poetic-forms
•••Englyn Penfyr: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/englyn-penfyr-poetic-forms
•••Englyn Unodl Union (èen-glin éen-oddlel èeen-yon): www.volecentral.co.uk/vf/englyn.htm AND/OR www.poetrybase.info/forms/001/117.shtml
•••Englyn Unold Crwca: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/englyn-unold-crwca-poetic-forms
•••Envoy (Envoi, Tornada): www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/envoi AND/OR pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Envoi
•••Epigram: www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/epigram
•••Epistolary poem: poets.org/glossary/epistolary-poem
•••Epitaph: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/epitaph
•••EP Johnson Quintet: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/epjohnson-quintet
•••Epulaeryu: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/epulaeryu.html AND/OR https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/epulaeryu
•••Erasure Poem: https://poets.org/glossary/erasure AND/OR https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/erasure-and-blackout-poems-poetic-forms
•••Espinela: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/espinela-poetic-forms
•••Essence: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/essence.html (incorrectly labelled as “Florette”) AND/OR poetscollective.org/poetryforms/essence
•••Etheree: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/etheree.html
•••Etymology Poem (devised by Taylor Graham): based on the origins of a person, place or thing
•••Eulogy: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eulogy
•••Epulaeryu: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/epulaeryu.html AND/OR https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/epulaeryu
•••Erasure Poem: https://poets.org/glossary/erasure AND/OR https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/erasure-and-blackout-poems-poetic-forms
•••Espinela: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/espinela-poetic-forms
•••Essence: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/essence.html (incorrectly labelled as “Florette”) AND/OR poetscollective.org/poetryforms/essence
•••Etheree: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/etheree.html
•••Etymology Poem (devised by Taylor Graham): based on the origins of a person, place or thing
•••Eulogy: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eulogy
•••Fable: http://www.poeticbyway.com/gl-f.html
•••Fantasy: poetscollective.org/poetryforms
•••Fard: https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/628-the-sher-and-its-meters-beher-with-options
•••Feghoot: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/feghoot
•••Fibonacci (Fib) poem: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/fibonacci-poetry-a-new-poetic-form
•••Fibonacci (Fib) poem: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/fibonacci-poetry-a-new-poetic-form
•••First and Last (devised by Rebel Coyote): https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/first-and-last
•••Flamenca: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/flamenca-poetic-forms
•••Flamenca: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/flamenca-poetic-forms
•••Flung: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/flung
•••Florette: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/essence.html
•••Florette #2: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/florette2.html
•••Forbidden Desires (devised by Carl Schwarz): 4 stanzas of 3 tercets; syllables for each tercet 7, 6, 8; rhymes xxa, xxa, xxa, xxa
•••For-Get-Me-Not: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Found Poem: www.writersdigest.com/personal-updates/found-poetry-converting-or-stealing-the-words-of-others AND/OR poets.org/glossary/found-poem
•••Free Verse: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/free-verse AND/OR www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/thirteen-ways-of-looking-at-a-poem/free-verse
•••Gambun: either a one-word first line or anything up to one sentence, then capped by a Haiku of up to four lines. To see some samples, go to https://prunejuicesenryu.com/2021/03/01/issue-33-haibun-gembun/.
•••Florette: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/essence.html
•••Florette #2: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/florette2.html
•••Forbidden Desires (devised by Carl Schwarz): 4 stanzas of 3 tercets; syllables for each tercet 7, 6, 8; rhymes xxa, xxa, xxa, xxa
•••For-Get-Me-Not: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Found Poem: www.writersdigest.com/personal-updates/found-poetry-converting-or-stealing-the-words-of-others AND/OR poets.org/glossary/found-poem
•••Free Verse: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/free-verse AND/OR www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/thirteen-ways-of-looking-at-a-poem/free-verse
•••Gambun: either a one-word first line or anything up to one sentence, then capped by a Haiku of up to four lines. To see some samples, go to https://prunejuicesenryu.com/2021/03/01/issue-33-haibun-gembun/.
•••Ganta: https://medium.com/@Internationalpoetrynewsletter/modern-ganta-poems-and-how-to-write-ganta-poems-a6b08b655078
•••Ghazal: poets.org/glossary/ghazal AND/OR poetryschool.com/theblog/whats-a-ghaza AND/OR www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/ghazal AND/OR www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/ghazal.html
•••Small Ghazal (devised by Joyce Odam): Uses short-lined couplets rather than long-lined ones
•••Glosa, Glose, Gloss: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/glosa-glose-or-gloss OR www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/glose-or-glosa-poetic-forms
•••Gogyohka: www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/gogyohka-poetic-form
•••Golda: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/gold
•••Ghazal: poets.org/glossary/ghazal AND/OR poetryschool.com/theblog/whats-a-ghaza AND/OR www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/ghazal AND/OR www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/ghazal.html
•••Small Ghazal (devised by Joyce Odam): Uses short-lined couplets rather than long-lined ones
•••Glosa, Glose, Gloss: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/glosa-glose-or-gloss OR www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/glose-or-glosa-poetic-forms
•••Gogyohka: www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/gogyohka-poetic-form
•••Golda: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/gold
•••Golden Shovel: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/golden-shovel-poetic-form
•••Golden Trillium Triads: 3 stanzas of 3 lines each, 5-7-5; each could stand on its own as a short poem. Each has subtitle that refers to a different aspect of subject chosen, and has brief image suggested by title. Poem is unified by one-word titles.
•••Grá Reformata: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/grareformata.htm
•••Golden Trillium Triads: 3 stanzas of 3 lines each, 5-7-5; each could stand on its own as a short poem. Each has subtitle that refers to a different aspect of subject chosen, and has brief image suggested by title. Poem is unified by one-word titles.
•••Grá Reformata: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/grareformata.htm
•••Guzzanelle: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/guzzanele
•••Gwawdodyn: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/wd-poetic-form-challenge-gwawdodyn
•••Gwawdodyn Byr: https://www.writersdigest.com/poetic-asides/gwawdodyn-byr-poetic-forms
•••Gwawdodyn Hir: https://www.writersdigest.com/poetic-asides/gwawdodyn-hir-poetic-forms
•••Gwawdodyn: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/wd-poetic-form-challenge-gwawdodyn
•••Gwawdodyn Byr: https://www.writersdigest.com/poetic-asides/gwawdodyn-byr-poetic-forms
•••Gwawdodyn Hir: https://www.writersdigest.com/poetic-asides/gwawdodyn-hir-poetic-forms
•••Haibun: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/haibun-poems-poetic-form
•••Haiga: Haiku accompanied by a picture
•••Haiku: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/haiku-or-hokku AND/OR www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/haiku/haiku.html
•••Haiku, Abbreviated (Miku): https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/abbreviated-haiku
•••Haiku: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/haiku-or-hokku AND/OR www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/haiku/haiku.html
•••Haiku, Abbreviated (Miku): https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/abbreviated-haiku
•••Haiku, Alphabet: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/alphabet-haiku
•••Haiku, American: www.pe.com/2020/09/12/new-form-of-poetry-offers-american-take-on-the-haiku
•••Haiku, Brazilian (Rhyming Haiku): poetscollective.org/poetryforms
•••Haiku, Contemporary: https://thehaikufoundation.org/haikunow-contemporary-haiku
•••Haiku, Ethnographic: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/ethnographic-haiku
•••Haikuette: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/haikuette
•••Gambun: either a one-word first line or anything up to one sentence, then capped by a Haiku of up to four lines. To see some samples, go to https://prunejuicesenryu.com/2021/03/01/issue-33-haibun-gembun/.
•••Haiku, Song Titles: https://www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh/april-17-2024-poetry-writing-prompt-from-gayle-bell
•••Haiku, Song Titles: https://www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh/april-17-2024-poetry-writing-prompt-from-gayle-bell
•••Haiku Sonnet (four Haiku followed by two lines of seven syllables each): www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/haiku-sonnet-poetic-form
•••Hay(na)ku: http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/haynaku.htm
•••Hainka: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/hainka-haiku-tanka-new-genre-of-poetic-form
•••Harrisham Rhyme: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/harrishamrhyme.html
•••Hautt: https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Hexaduad (and Inverted Hexaduad): https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/hexadua
•••Hay(na)ku: http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/haynaku.htm
•••Hainka: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/hainka-haiku-tanka-new-genre-of-poetic-form
•••Harrisham Rhyme: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/harrishamrhyme.html
•••Hautt: https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Hexaduad (and Inverted Hexaduad): https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/hexadua
•••Hir a Thoddaid: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/hir-thoddaid-poetic-form
•••Huitain (wee-TEN): https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/huitain-poetic-form
•••Huitain (wee-TEN): https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/huitain-poetic-form
•••Iambic Pentameter: https://www.britannica.com/art/iambic-pentameter AND/OR www.nosweatshakespeare.com/sonnets/iambic-pentameter
•••Ilumanago (devised by Carl Schwartz): Lune plus Imago in 3 5 7 5, rhymes at each end 5
•••Imaginaerium: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/imaginaerium
•••Imago: eight lines in alternating syllables, 7 5 7 5 7 5 7 5
•••Imayo: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/imayo-poetic-forms
•••Imago: eight lines in alternating syllables, 7 5 7 5 7 5 7 5
•••Imayo: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/imayo-poetic-forms
•••Irish Poetry Forms: https://www.writersdigest.com/poetic-asides/irish-poetic-forms
•••Italian Sestet: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/italian-sestet
•••Japanese Poetry Forms: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/10-japanese-poetic-forms AND/OR https://www.masterclass.com/articles/a-guide-to-japanese-poetic-forms AND/OR https://www.blogger.com/blog/page/edit/13262320/2956225716980947094
•••Jay’s Way: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/jays-way
•••Joseph’s Star: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/josephsstar.html
•••Just 15s (devised by Sarah Harding): poem or stanza of 15 syllables
•••Just 15s (devised by Sarah Harding): poem or stanza of 15 syllables
•••Katauta: www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/katauta-poetic-form
•••Kerf: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Kimo: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/kimo-poetic-form AND/OR poetscollective.org/poetryforms/kimo
•••Koori: https://medium.com/@Internationalpoetrynewsletter/modern-cbe315b33fb7
•••Kouta: www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/kouta-poetic-forms
•••Kwansaba: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/kwansaba-poetic-forms
•••Kyrielle: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/kyrielle.html
•••LaCharta: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/lacharta.html
•••Lai: www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/lai.htm
•••Landay: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/landay-poetic-form AND/OR www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms?category=209&page=2
•••Lannet (Sonnet Form): www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/lannet-poetic-forms AND/OR www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/lannet.html AND/OR poetscollective.org/everysonnet/lannet
•••Lanturne: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/lanturne.html
•••Kouta: www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/kouta-poetic-forms
•••Kwansaba: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/kwansaba-poetic-forms
•••Kyrielle: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/kyrielle.html
•••LaCharta: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/lacharta.html
•••Lai: www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/lai.htm
•••Landay: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/landay-poetic-form AND/OR www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms?category=209&page=2
•••Lannet (Sonnet Form): www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/lannet-poetic-forms AND/OR www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/lannet.html AND/OR poetscollective.org/everysonnet/lannet
•••Lanturne: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/lanturne.html
•••Last Line First: start with the last line of someone else’s poem
•••Laurenelle: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/lauranelle.html
•••Lento: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/lento.html
•••Lethrannaegecht Mor: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/lethrannaegecht-mor-poetic-forms
•••Lilt: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/tag/abab-cdcd-efef-ghgh
•••Limerick: poets.org/glossary/limerick
•••Link Rhyme: word at the end of each line rhymes with word at the beginning of the next line
•••Lira: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/lira
•••List Poem: clpe.org.uk/poetryline/poeticforms/list-poem
•••LittleJoyce (devised by Joyce Odam): 4-ft/4-ft/5-ft/4-ft/2-ft
•••Little-Used Words Poem: A poem incorporating some words which are uncommon in regular usage
•••Laurenelle: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/lauranelle.html
•••Lento: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/lento.html
•••Lethrannaegecht Mor: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/lethrannaegecht-mor-poetic-forms
•••Lilt: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/tag/abab-cdcd-efef-ghgh
•••Limerick: poets.org/glossary/limerick
•••Link Rhyme: word at the end of each line rhymes with word at the beginning of the next line
•••Lira: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/lira
•••List Poem: clpe.org.uk/poetryline/poeticforms/list-poem
•••LittleJoyce (devised by Joyce Odam): 4-ft/4-ft/5-ft/4-ft/2-ft
•••Little-Used Words Poem: A poem incorporating some words which are uncommon in regular usage
•••Logolift: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Loop Poetry: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/looppoetry.html
•••Luc Bat: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/luc-bat-poems-poetic-form
•••Lullaby Poem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lullaby
•••Lulu (devised by by Carl Schwartz): 5-7-5 syllable format; rhyme scheme of aaf, bbf, ccf, ddf, eef
•••Lune: www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-write-lune-poetry#what-is-lune-poetry AND/OR www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/poets/poetic-form-lune
•••Lyrette: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Loop Poetry: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/looppoetry.html
•••Luc Bat: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/luc-bat-poems-poetic-form
•••Lullaby Poem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lullaby
•••Lulu (devised by by Carl Schwartz): 5-7-5 syllable format; rhyme scheme of aaf, bbf, ccf, ddf, eef
•••Lune: www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-write-lune-poetry#what-is-lune-poetry AND/OR www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/poets/poetic-form-lune
•••Lyrette: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Mad Calf: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/mad-calf
•••Mad Cow: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/mad-cow
•••Madrigal: www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/madrigal-poetic-form
•••Magic 9: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/magic-9-poetic-forms
•••Manardina: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/manardina
•••Magic 9: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/magic-9-poetic-forms
•••Manardina: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/manardina
•••Markette: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/markette
•••Marianne: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Masnavi (or Mathnawi): www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/masnavi-or-mathnawi-poetic-forms
•••Marianne: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Masnavi (or Mathnawi): www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/masnavi-or-mathnawi-poetic-forms
•••Memento: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/memento
•••Memoir: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memoir (may be written in poetry form)
•••Minuette: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Minute Poem: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/minute.html
•••Mirror Sestet: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/mirrorsestet.html
•••Mistress Bradstreet Stanza: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/mistress-bradstreet-stanza-poetic-forms
•••Memoir: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memoir (may be written in poetry form)
•••Minuette: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Minute Poem: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/minute.html
•••Mirror Sestet: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/mirrorsestet.html
•••Mistress Bradstreet Stanza: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/mistress-bradstreet-stanza-poetic-forms
•••MLou Quintet (devised by Mary Lou Healy): http://popularpoetryforms.blogspot.com/2013/02/mlou-quintet.html
•••Monchielle: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/monchielle.html
•••Mondo: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/mondo-poetic-form
•••Monody: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/monody.html
•••Monoku: https://www.waleshaikujournal.com/post/monoku
•••Monorhyme: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/monorhyme.html
•••Monostich: briefpoems.wordpress.com/2016/01/07/slates-one-line-poems-monostich
•••Monotetra: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/monotetra.html
•••Mosaic Rhyme: http://www.poeticbyway.com/gl-m.html
•••Musette: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/musette.html
•••Monchielle: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/monchielle.html
•••Mondo: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/mondo-poetic-form
•••Monody: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/monody.html
•••Monoku: https://www.waleshaikujournal.com/post/monoku
•••Monorhyme: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/monorhyme.html
•••Monostich: briefpoems.wordpress.com/2016/01/07/slates-one-line-poems-monostich
•••Monotetra: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/monotetra.html
•••Mosaic Rhyme: http://www.poeticbyway.com/gl-m.html
•••Musette: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/musette.html
•••N+7: heregoesheather.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/n-7-poetry
•••Naani: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/naani.html
•••Nolan (devised by Joe Nolan): aaxxbb ccxxdd
•••Nashers: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/nashers-poetic-forms
•••Nocturna: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/nocturna
•••Nocturne: https://poets.org/glossary/nocturne
•••Nocturnette: 6 lines broken into 3 couplets; each couplet rhymed aa bb cc; 4 iambic feet to a line
•••Nolcha’s Memoir (devised by Nolcha Fox): spans ten years, each line three words
•••Nonce Poetry Forms: www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/nonce-forms-what-they-are-and-how-to-write-them
•••Nonet: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/nonet-poems-poetic-form
•••Normative Syllabics: hellopoetry.com/collection/108/normative-syllabic-free-verse AND/OR lewisturco.typepad.com/poetics/normative-syllabic-verse
•••Novem: https://www.writersdigest.com/poetic-asides/novem-poetic-forms
•••Nove Otto: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/noveotto.html
•••Nursery Rhyme: https://poemanalysis.com/genre/nursery-rhyme
•••Occasional Poem: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/occasional-poetry-redux-amanda-gorman-presidential-inauguration-nfl-big-game
•••Octain: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Octameter: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/octameter.html AND/OR poetscollective.org/poetryforms/octameter
•••Octave: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/octave
•••Octo: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/octo
•••Octodil: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Oddquain (and variations): www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/oddquain.html
•••Ode: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/ode
•••Odd Step Down (devised by Taylor Graham): four lines, syllable count 9-7-5-3, rhyme abab
•••One-Sentence Poems: http://www.onesentencepoems.com/osp
•••Onomatopoeia: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/onomatopoeia
•••Oriental Octet: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/oriental-octet
•••Ottava Rima: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/ottava-rima-poetic-form
•••OULIPO Movement: poets.org/text/brief-guide-oulipo
•••Onomatopoeia: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/onomatopoeia
•••Oriental Octet: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/oriental-octet
•••Ottava Rima: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/ottava-rima-poetic-form
•••OULIPO Movement: poets.org/text/brief-guide-oulipo
•••Ovi: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/ovi
•••Ovillejo: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/ovillejo-poetic-form
•••Ovillejo: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/ovillejo-poetic-form
•••Palindromic Poem (Mirror Poetry):
www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/personal-updates/poetic-form-palindrome-poetry-or-mirror-poem
•••Pantoum: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/pantoum.html AND/OR https://poets.org/glossary/pantoum
•••Paradelle: www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/poets/poetic-form-paradelle
•••Paradigm: lewisturco.typepad.com/poetics/2007/06/paradigm.html
•••Parallelogram de Crystalline: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/parallelogramdecrystalline.html
•••Pastoral Poetry: poets.org/glossary/pastoral AND/OR 4thstcog.com/theology/what-are-the-characteristics-of-pastoral-poetry.html AND/OR www.masterclass.com/articles/poetry-101-what-is-a-pastoral-poem-learn-about-the-conventions-and-history-of-pastoral-poems-with-examples/, A short pastoral poem is called an Eclogue (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclogue), also an Idyll or a Madrigal.
•••Pearlette (Poet’s Choice Magazine/Joyce Odam): 7/7/2; a a x, b b x (etc.) where x is no rhyme
•••Pendulum: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Pentina: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentina
•••Persona Poem: https://poets.org/glossary/persona-poem
•••Pirouette: poetryforms.blogspot.com/2013/04/pirouette-10-line-poem-with-6-syllables.html
•••Playlist Poem: https://www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh/april-25-2024-poetry-writing-prompt-from-bruce-niedt
•••Pleiades: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/pleiades.html
•••Pobot (devised by Carl Schwartz): Tercets, each with the last line being one word comprised of 1, 2, 3, 4, and then 5 syllables.
•••Poet’s Portal: 10 lines of Iambic Tetrameter or Iambic Pentameter, with 2 envelope quatrains and one couplet; rhymes a b b a c d d c e e
•••Prime 53: https://www.press53.com/prime-53-poem-summer-challenge
•••Paradelle: www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/poets/poetic-form-paradelle
•••Paradigm: lewisturco.typepad.com/poetics/2007/06/paradigm.html
•••Parallelogram de Crystalline: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/parallelogramdecrystalline.html
•••Pastoral Poetry: poets.org/glossary/pastoral AND/OR 4thstcog.com/theology/what-are-the-characteristics-of-pastoral-poetry.html AND/OR www.masterclass.com/articles/poetry-101-what-is-a-pastoral-poem-learn-about-the-conventions-and-history-of-pastoral-poems-with-examples/, A short pastoral poem is called an Eclogue (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclogue), also an Idyll or a Madrigal.
•••Pearlette (Poet’s Choice Magazine/Joyce Odam): 7/7/2; a a x, b b x (etc.) where x is no rhyme
•••Pendulum: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Pentina: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentina
•••Persona Poem: https://poets.org/glossary/persona-poem
•••Pirouette: poetryforms.blogspot.com/2013/04/pirouette-10-line-poem-with-6-syllables.html
•••Playlist Poem: https://www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh/april-25-2024-poetry-writing-prompt-from-bruce-niedt
•••Pleiades: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/pleiades.html
•••Pobot (devised by Carl Schwartz): Tercets, each with the last line being one word comprised of 1, 2, 3, 4, and then 5 syllables.
•••Poet’s Portal: 10 lines of Iambic Tetrameter or Iambic Pentameter, with 2 envelope quatrains and one couplet; rhymes a b b a c d d c e e
•••Prime 53: https://www.press53.com/prime-53-poem-summer-challenge
•••Prefix Poem: https://poetrypop.com/2022/02/13/prefix-poem-dis-dandelion-wishes
•••Prisoner’s Constraint/Restriction/Multiple Lipogram: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipogram
•••Prose Poem: https://www.masterclass.com/articles/understanding-prose-poetry
•••Prisoner’s Constraint/Restriction/Multiple Lipogram: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipogram
•••Prose Poem: https://www.masterclass.com/articles/understanding-prose-poetry
•••Qataa: https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/628-the-sher-and-its-meters-beher-with-options
•••Question Poem: classroom.synonym.com/write-question-poem-28217.html AND/OR penandthepad.com/write-question-poem-6933078.html
•••Quadrilew: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/quadrilew.html
•••Quadrille: 44 words (not counting the title) and includes one word the host provides to you
•••Quatern: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip
quatern.html AND/OR www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-write-a-quatern#what-is-a-quatern
•••Quatrain: www.masterclass.com/articles/poetry-101-what-is-a-quatrain-in-poetry-quatrain-definition-with-examples
•••Quatrina (devised by Ruth Harrison): form of Sestina using end-word order 1, 2, 3, 4 | 4, 1, 3, 2 | 2, 4, 1, 3 | 3, 4, 2, 1 (envoy: 1–2, 3–4)
•••Question Poem: penandthepad.com/write-question-poem-6933078.html
•••Quintain: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintain_(poetry)
•••Quintilla: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/quintilla-poetic-forms
•••Quinzaine: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/quinzaine.html
•••Rannaigecht: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/rannaigecht-poetic-forms
•••Rannaigheacht Ghairid: www.deviantart.com/poetic-forms/art/Rannaicheacht-Ghairid-10904802
•••Rannaigecht Mor Gairit: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/rannaigecht-mor-gairit-poetic-forms
•••Recipe Poem: medium.com/@apm_poetry/poems-of-the-week-014-write-your-poem-in-the-form-of-a-recipe-6083fdef1289 AND/OR poetryteatime.com/blog/poetry-prompt-recipe-poem
•••Renga: www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/renga-poetic-forms
•••Rengay: https://haikupedia.org/article-haikupedia/rengay/
•••Repetend: http://www.poeticbyway.com/gl-r.html
•••Response Poem: creativetalentsunleashed.com/2015/11/18/writing-tip-response-poems
•••Retourne: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/retourne
•••Rhupunt: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/rhupunt-poetic-form
•••Rhyme Royal: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/rhyme-royal-rime-royale
•••Rictameter: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/rictameter.html
•••Riddle Poem: poets.org/glossary/riddle
•••Rimas Dissolutas: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/rimas-dissolutas-poetic-form
•••Rime Couee: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/rime-couee-poetic-forms
•••Rispetto: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/poetic-forms-rispetto
•••Rondeau: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/rondeau
•••Rondel: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/rondel
•••Rondel Double: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/rondel-double-poetic-forms
•••Rondel Supreme: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/rondel-supreme-poetic-forms
•••Rondelet: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/rondelet-poetic-forms
•••Rondine: www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/rondine-poetic-form
•••Roundelay: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/roundelay
•••Rubáiyát: www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/rubaiyat.htm
•••Rhupunt: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/rhupunt-poetic-form
•••Ryūka: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryūka
•••Sandwiched by Sevens (devised by Carl Schwartz): 7,7,5,5,5,5,5,7,7; rhyme scheme aaxaxaxbb
•••San Hsien: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/san-hsien
poetscollective.org/poetryforms/saraband
•••Saraband: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/saraband
•••Scallop: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanell
•••Schüttelreim: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/schuttelreim-poetic-forms
•••Seadna: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/seadna-poetic-forms
•••Sedoka: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/sedoka.html
•••Senryu: www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-write-senryu-poems#quiz-0
•••Seox: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Seadna: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/seadna-poetic-forms
•••Sedoka: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/sedoka.html
•••Senryu: www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-write-senryu-poems#quiz-0
•••Seox: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Septanelle: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Septolet: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/septolet.html
•••Serpentine Verse: https://www.britannica.com/art/serpentine-verse
•••Sestet, Rhymed: A six-line poem, each line rhyming with the others
•••Sestet, Rhymed: A six-line poem, each line rhyming with the others
•••Sestina: poets.org/glossary/sestina AND/OR www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/sestina
•••7 Days in 7 Lines: https://talesofafamily.blog/2019/03/31/7-days-in-7-lines
•••Seven/Five Trochee: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/75trochee.html
•••Sevenling: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/sevenling
•••Sestina: www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Sestina
•••Shadorma: www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/poets/shadorma-a-highly-addictive-poetic-form-from-spain
•••Sher: https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/628-the-sher-and-its-meters-beher-with-options
•••Shoa: https://medium.com/@Internationalpoetrynewsletter/modern-shoa-poems-and-how-to-write-shoa-poems-afc5c57d3af9
•••Sicilian Octave: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/sicilian-octave-poetic-forms
•••Sijo: www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/sijo-poetic-form
•••Skeltonic Verse: www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/skeltonic-verse-poetic-form
•••Skinny: duotrope.com/listing/20565/skinny-poetry-journal
•••Sliding Fiver (devised by Martha Bosworth): 5 stanzas, 5 lines, 5 syllables per line. First line slides down a line 5 times, to eventually become the last line.
•••Slither Rhyme (devised by Taylor Graham): xxxaxxxa/xxxbxxxc/xxxcxxxb/xxxdxxxd/xxxbxxxe, etc.
•••Small Ghazal (devised by Joyce Odam): Varies the Ghazal form by using short couplets
•••Snare: Rhymed: AXA, bxb, cxc, dxd, AX
Syllables: 343 454 565 676 343
•••Soledad: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/soledad-poetic-forms
•••Soliloquy: smartblogger.com/soliloquy-examples/www.masterclass.com AND/OR https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/soliloquy
•••Somonka: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/somonka-poetic-forms
•••Sonnet Forms: https://blog.prepscholar.com/what-is-a-sonnet-poem-form AND/OR poets.org/glossary/sonnet
•••Sonnet, Asian: poemsamples.blogspot.com/2016/10/asian-sonnet.html
•••7 Days in 7 Lines: https://talesofafamily.blog/2019/03/31/7-days-in-7-lines
•••Seven/Five Trochee: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/75trochee.html
•••Sevenling: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/sevenling
•••Sestina: www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Sestina
•••Shadorma: www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/poets/shadorma-a-highly-addictive-poetic-form-from-spain
•••Sher: https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/628-the-sher-and-its-meters-beher-with-options
•••Shoa: https://medium.com/@Internationalpoetrynewsletter/modern-shoa-poems-and-how-to-write-shoa-poems-afc5c57d3af9
•••Sicilian Octave: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/sicilian-octave-poetic-forms
•••Sijo: www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/sijo-poetic-form
•••Skeltonic Verse: www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/skeltonic-verse-poetic-form
•••Skinny: duotrope.com/listing/20565/skinny-poetry-journal
•••Sliding Fiver (devised by Martha Bosworth): 5 stanzas, 5 lines, 5 syllables per line. First line slides down a line 5 times, to eventually become the last line.
•••Slither Rhyme (devised by Taylor Graham): xxxaxxxa/xxxbxxxc/xxxcxxxb/xxxdxxxd/xxxbxxxe, etc.
•••Small Ghazal (devised by Joyce Odam): Varies the Ghazal form by using short couplets
•••Snare: Rhymed: AXA, bxb, cxc, dxd, AX
Syllables: 343 454 565 676 343
•••Soledad: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/soledad-poetic-forms
•••Soliloquy: smartblogger.com/soliloquy-examples/www.masterclass.com AND/OR https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/soliloquy
•••Somonka: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/somonka-poetic-forms
•••Sonnet Forms: https://blog.prepscholar.com/what-is-a-sonnet-poem-form AND/OR poets.org/glossary/sonnet
•••Sonnet, Asian: poemsamples.blogspot.com/2016/10/asian-sonnet.html
•••Sonnet, Bobtail: envelope sonnet without the last two lines
•••Sonnet, Bradford: abaabcbb cdcc dd
•••Sonnet, Contemporary: https://voca.arizona.edu/staff-picks/contemporary-sonnets
•••Sonnet, Cornish: poetscollective.org/everysonnet/cornish-sonnet
•••Sonnet, Couplet: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1054-couplet-sonnet-or-clare-sonnet
•••Sonnet, Bradford: abaabcbb cdcc dd
•••Sonnet, Contemporary: https://voca.arizona.edu/staff-picks/contemporary-sonnets
•••Sonnet, Cornish: poetscollective.org/everysonnet/cornish-sonnet
•••Sonnet, Couplet: www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1054-couplet-sonnet-or-clare-sonnet
•••Sonnet, Curtal: blog.prepscholar.com/what-is-a-sonnet-poem-form (and scroll down)
•••Sonnet, Double-Trouble: poetscollective.org/everysonnet/double-trouble-sonnet
•••Sonnet, Envelope: poetscollective.org/everysonnet/envelope-sonnet-2
•••Sonnet, French: https://poetscollective.org/everysonnet/french-sonnet
•••Sonnet, Jeffrey’s: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/jeffreyssonnet.html
•••Sonnet, Kirsch’s: https://blog.prepscholar.com/types-of-sonnets
•••Sonnet, Kyrielle: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/kyriellesonnet.htm
•••Lannet (Sonnet Form): www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/lannet-poetic-forms AND/OR www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/lannet.html AND/OR poetscollective.org/everysonnet/lannet
•••Sonnet, Onegin: Iambic Pentameter, a b a b | c c d d | e f f e | g g
•••Sonnet, Double-Trouble: poetscollective.org/everysonnet/double-trouble-sonnet
•••Sonnet, Envelope: poetscollective.org/everysonnet/envelope-sonnet-2
•••Sonnet, French: https://poetscollective.org/everysonnet/french-sonnet
•••Sonnet, Jeffrey’s: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/jeffreyssonnet.html
•••Sonnet, Kirsch’s: https://blog.prepscholar.com/types-of-sonnets
•••Sonnet, Kyrielle: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/kyriellesonnet.htm
•••Lannet (Sonnet Form): www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/lannet-poetic-forms AND/OR www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/lannet.html AND/OR poetscollective.org/everysonnet/lannet
•••Sonnet, Onegin: Iambic Pentameter, a b a b | c c d d | e f f e | g g
•••Sonnet, Petrarchan (Italian): poets.org/glossary/sonnet AND/OR www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/sonnet AND/OR poemanalysis.com/poetic-form/petrarchan-sonnet
•••Sonnet, Rainis: everysonnet.blogspot.com/2012/11/rainis-sonnet.html?m=0
•••Sonnet, Shakespearian: www.masterclass.com/articles/poetry-101-what-is-a-shakespearean-sonnet-learn-about-shakespearean-sonnets-with-examples
•••Sonnet, Smith: 14 lines, 5-ft. (pentameter), unrhymed except for final couplet
•••Sonnet, Spenserian: poetscollective.org/everysonnet/spenserian-sonnet
•••Sonnet, Rainis: everysonnet.blogspot.com/2012/11/rainis-sonnet.html?m=0
•••Sonnet, Shakespearian: www.masterclass.com/articles/poetry-101-what-is-a-shakespearean-sonnet-learn-about-shakespearean-sonnets-with-examples
•••Sonnet, Smith: 14 lines, 5-ft. (pentameter), unrhymed except for final couplet
•••Sonnet, Spenserian: poetscollective.org/everysonnet/spenserian-sonnet
•••Sonnet, Stefanile Triadic: poetscollective.org/everysonnet/tag/octave
•••Sonnet, Terza Rima: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/terzarima.html
•••Sonnet, Vivianne (devised by Marianne Logan): 15-line Rimas Dissolutas Sonnet incorporating iambic pentameter, and rhyming abcd,abcd,abcd,eee, for ‘subtle rhyming’ ending with a strong rhyming triplet.
•••Sonnette (abbacbc, half-sonnet): poetscollective.org/poetryforms/sonnette
•••Spenserian Stanza: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/spenserian-stanza
•••Spirit’s Vessel: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/spiritsvessel.html
•••Sonnet, Vivianne (devised by Marianne Logan): 15-line Rimas Dissolutas Sonnet incorporating iambic pentameter, and rhyming abcd,abcd,abcd,eee, for ‘subtle rhyming’ ending with a strong rhyming triplet.
•••Sonnette (abbacbc, half-sonnet): poetscollective.org/poetryforms/sonnette
•••Spenserian Stanza: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/spenserian-stanza
•••Spirit’s Vessel: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/spiritsvessel.html
•••Split Sequence: http://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/2022-issue45-1/essay.html
•••Sprung Rhythm: Differs from iambic pentameter in that each line starts with a stressed instead of unstressed sound and (usually) contains four stressed syllables.
•••Stepping Stones (devised by Claire Baker): Syllables 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (7, etc.)
•••Stevenson: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/the-stevenson
•••Stornello: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/stornello-poetic-forms
•••Subject Obscura: writing a poem on a subject that is rarely explored in poetry
•••Swap Quatrain: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/swapquatrain.html
•••Sweetbriar (devised by Viola Berg): https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#sweetbriar
•••Synchronicity: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/synchronicity.html
•••Sprung Rhythm: Differs from iambic pentameter in that each line starts with a stressed instead of unstressed sound and (usually) contains four stressed syllables.
•••Stepping Stones (devised by Claire Baker): Syllables 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (7, etc.)
•••Stevenson: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/the-stevenson
•••Stornello: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/stornello-poetic-forms
•••Subject Obscura: writing a poem on a subject that is rarely explored in poetry
•••Swap Quatrain: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/swapquatrain.html
•••Sweetbriar (devised by Viola Berg): https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#sweetbriar
•••Synchronicity: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/synchronicity.html
•••Tail Rhyme: http://www.poeticbyway.com/gl-t.html
•••Tanaga: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/tanag
•••Tango: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/tango
•••Tanka: poets.org/glossary/tanka
•••Tan-renga: https://www.graceguts.com/essays/an-introduction-to-tan-renga
•••Tautogram: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/tautogram-poetic-forms
•••Tawddgyrch Cadwynog: www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/tawddgyrch-cadwynog-poetic-forms
•••Tercet: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/tercet
•••Tercou (devised by Amanda J. Norton): https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/tercou
•••Termelay: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/termelay
•••Terzanelle: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/terzanelle-poetic-form
•••Tetractys: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/tetractys.html
•••Than-bauk: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/than-bauk-poetic-forms
•••Three Moon Pattern: Syllabic, three quatrains, 8-syllable lines; x a BR a | BR c DR c | DR e x e | DR e x e. Content based on the Chinese Quatrain, as follows:
▪ Opening line introduces an idea.
▪ Second line extends the idea
▪ Third line introduces a new idea
▪ Fourth line brings first three lines together
•••3-Style: a combination of a Koori, a Ganta, and a Shoa
•••Tilus (tee-loo-uzh): www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/tilus-poetic-forms
•••Toilet Poem: https://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/best/toilet
•••Translitic: universitas.uni.edu/archive/spring06/ronsandvikabstract.htm
•••Trenta-Sei: www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/trenta-sei-poetic-forms
•••TriCube (devised by Phillip Larrea): Each stanza is three lines, three syllables per line, any subject
•••Trilonnet: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/trilonnet.html
•••Trimeric: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/trimeric-poetic-form
•••Trinet: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/trinet-poetic-forms
•••Triolet: www.writersdigest.com/personal-updates/triolet-an-easy-way-to-write-8-lines-of-poetry
•••Tripadi: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/tripadi-poetic-forms
•••Triptych: speculativepoetry.wordpress.com/2014/11/11/unfolding-the-triptych
•••Triquatrain: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/triquatrain.html
•••Triquint: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/triquint.html
•••Tritina: www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/tritina.htm
•••Triversen: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/triversen-poetic-form
•••Trizad: rhymes aab/aab/aab
•••7/5 Trochee: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/75trochee.html
•••Troisieme: https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet
•••Trois-par-Huit: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/troisparhuit.html
•••Trolaan: shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/trolaan.html
•••Tuanortsa (“astronaut” spelled backward): a Palindromic poem which reads the same from front to back as from back to front/. See poetscollective.org/poetryforms/tuanortsa/.
•••Tuesday Seed of the Week: a prompt listed in Medusa’s Kitchen every Tuesday; poems may be any shape or size, form or no form. No deadlines; past ones are listed at http://medusaskitchen.blogspot.com/p/calliopes-closet.html/. Send results to kathykieth#hotmail.com/.
•••Tyburn: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/tyburn.html
•••Ukiah: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/ukiah
•••Unina: single line, single syllable—so good luck rhyming!
•••Univocalic/One-Voice-Only: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univocalic
•••Unina: single line, single syllable—so good luck rhyming!
•••Univocalic/One-Voice-Only: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univocalic
•••Veltanelle (devised by Velta Myrtle Allen Sanford): www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet/#veltanelle
•••Verbless Poetry: poets.org/glossary/verbless-poetry
•••Vers Beaucoup: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/versbeaucoup.html
•••Verso-Rhyme: https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for-the-poet
•••Verselle: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/varselle
•••Viator: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/viator-poetic-forms
•••Villanelle (rhymed or unrhymed): www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/poetic-forms-villanelle
•••Villonnet: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/septolet.html
•••Virelai: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/virelai-poetic-forms
•••Volta: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/volta
•••Viator: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/viator-poetic-forms
•••Villanelle (rhymed or unrhymed): www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/poetic-forms-villanelle
•••Villonnet: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/septolet.html
•••Virelai: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/virelai-poetic-forms
•••Volta: www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/volta
•••Waka: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/waka
•••Waltmarie: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/waltmarie-poetic-forms
•••Wavelet: poetscollective.org/poetryforms/wavelet
•••Weathervane (devised by Carl Schwartz): 4 lines of 6,6,4,1; no rhymes; in each of the first 3 lines, the last syllable joins with the first syllable of the next line to form the phonetic representation of a word or expression.
•••Weave: Syllabic 9, 11, 13, 11, 9
•••Weird Little Thing (devised by Taylor Graham): poem which is in some sort of form that suits it but doesn’t have an official form title
•••Welsh Poetic Forms: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/welsh-poetic-forms
•••Word-Can Poem: putting random words on slips of paper into a can, then drawing out a few and making a poem out of them
•••Word-Repetition Envelope Stanzas: 1221, 3443, 5665, etc.
•••Wordy 30: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/wordy-30-poetic-games
•••Wrapped Refrain: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/wrappedrefrain.html
•••Ya-du: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/ya-du-poetic-forms
•••Zappai: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/zappai-poetic-form
•••Zejel: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/zejel-poetic-forms
•••Zip: http://popularpoetryforms.blogspot.com/2014/01/zip.html
•••Zip Ode: https://www.wlrn.org/write-an-ode-to-your-zip-code
•••Zip Ode: https://www.wlrn.org/write-an-ode-to-your-zip-code
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—Public Domain Illustration
What can I say? Forms are there to
seduce us, tease us, make us
pull out our hair.
Deal with them—have fun with them—
but don't miss the opportunities
they provide for you.
(This is my driver's license photo,
by the way...)
