Denise E Lindquist
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I am married with 7 children, 28 grands, and 13 great-grandchildren. I am a culture consultant part-time. I write A Poem a Day in February for 8 years now. I wrote 4 - 50,000 word stories in NaNoWriMo. I write on Vocal/Medium daily.
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Allergies, Oh Me!
The rondel supreme is a French poetic form with the following guidelines: 14-line poem broken into three stanzas. First two stanzas have four lines and final stanza has six lines. Rhyme scheme: ABba/abAB/abbaAB (capital letters are refrains). No restrictions on syllables or subjects. Writer’s Digest, Robert Lee Brewer
By Denise E Lindquist2 years ago in Poets
Poetry Heals
The viator is a poetic form invented by Robin Skelton, author of The Shapes of Our Singing. The rules are fairly simple: The first line is a refrain: The refrain appears as the second line of the second stanza, third line of the third stanza, and so on for however many stanzas the poem has… with the final line of the final stanza being the refrain. That’s it! Writer’s Digest, Robert Lee Brewer
By Denise E Lindquist2 years ago in Poets
Oops.. Merry Christmas!
This Quatern poem has 16 lines broken up into 4 quatrains (or 4-line stanzas). Each line is comprised of eight syllables. The first line is the refrain. In the second stanza, the refrain appears in the second line; in the third stanza, the third line; in the fourth stanza, the fourth (and final) line. There are no rules for rhyming or iambics. Writer's Digest, Robert Lee Brewer
By Denise E Lindquist2 years ago in Poets
Attending Our Granddaughter's Dance Recital.
The strambotto traces back to the 13th century. This Italian form known as ottava siciliana (Sicilian octave) or strambotto popolare was the preferred form in Southern Italy, while strambotto toscano was more popular in Tuscany [hat tip to Edward Hirsch's A Poet's Glossary]. Today strambotto toscano is known as ottava rima. Here are the basic rules for strambotto: Octave (8-line) poems or stanzas, Hendecasyllabic (or 11-syllable) lines, Rhyme scheme: abababab Alternate version: There's also a six-line variant form (still called strambotto) with hendecasyllabic lines and an ababab rhyme scheme. Writer's Digest, Robert Lee Brewer
By Denise E Lindquist2 years ago in Poets
Age Fifty-Five to Sixty-Nine
The triolet first line of the poem repeats as the fourth and seventh line, and the second line repeats as the last. The rhyme scheme of a triolet is ABaAabAB (the capital letters indicate the repeated lines). This means there are only two rhymes in the entire poem. The lines can be any length and meter you wish, as long as they are all the same length and meter. Some use iambic tetrameter, which is four beats (stressed syllables) per line, usually of eight syllables. Published in The Writing Cooperative, Esther Spurrill-Jones
By Denise E Lindquist2 years ago in Poets
A French Meal
The virelai is a French poetic form with alternating rhymes and line lengths. Here are basic guidelines: + nine lines per stanza, + lines one, two, four, five, seven, and eight have five syllables + lines three, six, and nine have two syllables + the five-syllable lines rhyme with each other and the two-syllable lines rhyme with each other to make the following rhyme pattern: aabaabaab + the end rhyme for the short lines continues on in the following stanza + the final stanza’s short-line end rhyme should be the same as the long-line end rhyme in the opening stanza (to complete the end-rhyme circle) Note on stanzas: This form can contain as few as two stanzas to infinity (if you could write that many). Writer’s Digest, by Robert Lee Brewer
By Denise E Lindquist2 years ago in Poets
A Woman Murdered
A Poetic Asides member shared a poetic form she created. I’m introducing Candace Kubinec’s form, the Waltmarie. Here are the guidelines for writing the Waltmarie: 10 lines, Even lines are two syllables in length, odd lines are longer (but no specific syllable count), Even lines make their own mini-poem if read separately, No other rules for subject or rhymes. Writer’s Digest, Robert Lee Brewer
By Denise E Lindquist2 years ago in Poets
Writing 50,000 Words
Zappai poems are like haiku, but not. Or maybe more appropriately, they’re like senryu, but not (or maybe they are). Zappai are poems that have a 5–7–5 syllable pattern that do not contain the seasonal reference expected of haiku. In other words, zappai are all those haiku people write that haiku poets recognize as not being haiku. Zappai should still be poetic, but they’re 5–7–5 poems that don’t include the seasonal reference. Writers Digest, Robert Lee Brewer
By Denise E Lindquist2 years ago in Poets
Let It Be You
The zejel is a very old Spanish poetic form that is also likely an even older Arabic poetic form with an origination date somewhere between the ninth and eleventh centuries. In fact, Edward Hirsch believes the form was probably invented by Mucaddam ben Muafa, a ninth century Hispano-Muslim poet. Here are the basic rules for zejel: First stanza is a tercet (3-line stanza) with an AAA rhyme scheme All other stanzas are quatrains (4-line stanzas) with a XXXA rhyme scheme, so the second stanza would be BBBA, third CCCA, fourth DDDA, and so on to the end of the poem. Lines are usually 8 syllables long. Alternate version: The version above is from Robin Skelton, but Hirsch offers an alternate version that begins with a couplet rhymed AA, followed by the BBBA, CCCA, etc. Also, Hirsch's version makes the repeating A line a refrain from the opening couplet that could be shorter than the other lines (sort of like in a rondeau). Writers Digest, Robert Lee Brewer
By Denise E Lindquist2 years ago in Poets
