"The Tri-fall form, a creation of Jan Turner, has three 6-line stanzas. Each stanza follows a specific line-syllable count of 6/3/8/6/3/8 and a rhyme scheme of abcabc. By directions of the form's creator, very little puncutation is required."
 

"The Trilonnet is a 14-line poetry form created by Shelley A. Cephas.

The Trilonnet consists of five stanzas - the first four stanzas are three-lined stanzas (triplets) and the concluding stanza is a couplet (two lines).

The form requires either iambic tetrameter or iambic pentameter. The three-lined stanzas are not rhymed within themselves, but are linked together with a rhyming scheme and the couplet has its own rhyme. There are two options for the rhyme scheme of the Trilonnet:
abc abc abc abc dd
or
abc cba abc cba dd


The trilonnet is related to the sonnet forms, in that it carries 14 lines of rhyming and metered poetry."

 

"The Cleave Poem form is an experimental form created by Dr Phuoc-Tan Diep who states on his website for Cleave Poetry:

In 2006 I came up with an idea for an experimental poetic form called the Cleave Poem.

One of my aims was to examine how something can be more than the sum of its parts and can be 3 in 1: synergy, fusion, co-operation, dialectics, marriage, interdependence, teamwork and The Trinity.

How to read a Cleave poem?

Simply:
1. Read the left hand poem as a first discrete poem.
2. Read the right hand poem as a second discrete poem.
3. Read the whole as a third integrated poem.

In its most basic form it is three poems:
~~two parallel ‘vertical’ poems (left and right)
~~a third ‘horizontal’ poem being the fusion of the vertical poems read together."
 

6 words make up whole poem using sestina type structure in a way


dark snow fall against empty house
house dark, empty snow against fall
fall house against dark snow, empty
empty, fall snow, house dark against
against empty, dark fall house snow
snow against house, empty fall dark
dark snow
fall against
empty house
 

...
...
...

When each side is right
and each side is wrong
___________________
_____________ belong?

 

limited
thought bubbles up
to the brim
with threats to spill
over edges
remove from heat
avoid data overload




line 1: 3 syllables
line 2: 4 syllables
line 3: 3 syllables
line 4: 4 syllables
line 5: 3 syllables
line 6: 4 syllables
line 7: 7 syllables


 

http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Starry-Night-over-the-Rhone-c1888-Posters_i914527_...


Glowing of yellow against blue;
colors brushed onto canvas.
The artist gives much more
in hues than words can
express or sound.
Those simple
brushstrokes:
awe.
 

Unhappy boy, please stop crying.
Have some juice and forget that toy.

 

Sudden breeze, new notions enter my mind:
could this be more, or just my imagination?

 

The Harvest
http://www.allposters.com/-sp/The-Harvest-Posters_i1332629_.htm


Summer sun has passed away
bringing the works of fall to the land.
Harvest time has come again
to this peaceful sections of country.

Bringing the works of fall to the land
grain and vegetation are collected with care.
Hard labor covers the day while
the night has the rest from toils.

Harvest time has come again
with each day that fall brings.
Until the snows cover the land
signifying another seasons end.

To this peaceful sections of country
come the pleasures of natural living.
Another harvest comes and goes
with the passing of the sun.



The lilibonelle is invented by one of the editors of Sol Magazine. Her name:Bonnie Williams

"The lilibonelle has a basic form and an extended form. In this entry we take a look at the basic form.


The basic form is four stanzas of four lines each, in which each line of the first stanza is consecutively repeated as the first line of each of the other stanzas, and allows for a variation where an extra final line may be included. Use an introspective or reflective theme with this form, one that conveys a loving, wistful or poignant feeling.

That works out in this pattern:
Pattern:
Stanza 1 line 1
Stanza 1 line 2
Stanza 1 line 3
Stanza 1 line 4

Stanza 2 line 1 repeats Stanza 1 line 2
Stanza 2 line 2
Stanza 2 line 3
Stanza 2 line 4

Stanza 3 line 1 repeats Stanza 1 line 3
Stanza 3 line 2
Stanza 3 line 3
Stanza 3 line 4

Stanza 4 line 1 repeats Stanza 1 line 4
Stanza 4 line 2
Stanza 4 line 3
Stanza 4 line 4 "
 

Lemons

Tart little ray of sunshine found in fruit.

Sweet lips soft to touch
sour treat, acute in taste, creates much pleasure deep within.

Bundle of light liquified into juice,
life's bitter candy.

Natural produce, not quite a brandy until fermented.




Thanks Merl!
"the syllables are:

10

5
15

10
5

15

and I guess I want those syllables or words in those syllable spots to rhyme.
It might be really hard to do.

Thanks


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xxxxb
xxxxaxxxxbxxxxx

xxxxxxxxxc
xxxxd

xxxxcxxxxdxxxxx"
 

Make the moment last
As it becomes the past.
Remember what you can
Knowing the good is a plan.
In experience you will grow
Not knowing how actions sow
Gain the lesson from the woe.

Take a picture to place away
In an album as a hidden display.
Maybe once time has gone
Elsewhere will bring a new dawn.



"Acrostic poetry is one of the most popular forms. Acrostic poetry does not have to rhyme. The only twist compared to a regular poem is that when you read the first letters from each line, you'll find a name or a sentence."

 

Empty Coffins

The dead can walk under illuminate
bloody moons. Unknown destinations
reflect upon empty eyes. All are lost.
Coffins hold none of his creations.


The Toddaid consists of quatrains, alternating between ten-syllable and nine-syllable lines. A syllable toward the end of the first line rhymes into the middle of the second; the same effect in three and four. Lines two and four rhyme with each other.

You build the Toddaid up like this:

xxxxxxxxxx
xxxbxxxxa
xxxxxxxxxx
xxxbxxxxa

Additional stanzas are built up in the same way.

 

No Miracle

Lady Moon, bless this fallen soul.
Father Sun, give strength to move on.
Spirit Within, embrace this life.


Tripada Gayatri
"This form is also a Sanskrit form. Gayatri is a mantra containing 24 syllables, divided over 3 pada. (feet/line)
You can find a lot of information when you click on the source about the Tripada Gayatri, the history of this mantra is interesting. Click the source link for more information.
As the Gayatri is a mantra which is holding divine power, a maha mantra. The divine power is usually expressed through the sound and tone of the mantra. It has to open the heart of the singer in order to be effective."
 

Midnight Oil

Burning the midnight oil
takes energy beyond
the light of tepid day
to draw down energy
before all thoughts can stray.

Burning the midnight oil
aids in development
of illusive designs
hidden from wakened mind
encoded in vague signs.

Burning the midnight oil
lets out what was hidden
bringing grim questions
of the human psyche
with evil intentions.

Burning the midnight oil
is the best way to live
letting out secrets deep
that festers deep within
exit only in sleep.


Monchielle
"According to Shadowpoetry.com, the Monchielle is developed by Jim T. Henriksen. It is a recent developed form, as on a different website the example he wrote was dated November 7th 2005. A new form to play with - still not an easy one.

The guidelines:

The poem contains out of 4 stanzas
Each stanza has five lines.
Every line has six syllables
Every first line is repeated and comes back as the first line of all the other stanzas.
Line 3 and 5 rhyme, in every stanza.
The rhyme scheme: Abcdc Aefgf Ahiji Aklml"
 

Cookie Time

There is only one thing
that can fix me today.
Can't fight or find a way
against constant culinary craving.
I clutch my knees up against my chest, trembling,
in a tight fetal pose.
I'm haunted by a harsh demand,
voices command
submission, I chose.
Cookies, candied joy,
my chocolate Eden
time has come to get my fix and enjoy.

It's like an addiction,
one I cannot fracture.
Giving in to rapture
never able to follow restriction
being an eager addict is my affliction.
Relaxed, now giving in
to the temptation once again.
trembles stop, then
continue my sin.
Cookies, employ
feelings of pleasant zen
brought out by sweet chocolate coated joy.



"La Courante was a dance in the baroque period. Paul Scarron wrote in this form; in France it is known as one of the first classic free verse poems.
This poem is formed by two stanzas. The first stanza is model for the second stanza. In a way a kind of refrain is visible in the last three lines of the second stanza.

Rhyme scheme and syllables...

The syllables in the Courante
line:
1 - 6
2 - 6
3 - 6
4 - 10
5 - 12
6 - 6
7 - 8
8 - 4
9 - 5
10 - 4
11 - 6
12 - 10

The rhyme can be divided in three parts. Scarron "played" with it in the second stanza, but as general you can keep this in your mind:
a/b/b/a/a c/d/d/c e/d/e"