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Poetry in Formal Attire
A place to put poetry in classical forms like sonnets, paradelles etc.
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         Just a separate drawer for poetry written in classic forms. I am going to try some of the formal poetry styles for exercise; although, I feel like an intruder inside the magical palace of the privileged royalty. Timidly though it may be, sometimes I attempt to write such things, maybe just to laugh at my own ineptitude.

          As much as I dislike anything that binds and limits, I can recognize the benefit that some discipline may add to one's writing. Let's see how far I can go even if I may have to horsewhip myself to add to this folder.

"ELY
The strawberry grows underneath the nettle
And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best
Neighbour'd by fruit of baser quality:
And so the prince obscured his contemplation
Under the veil of wildness; which, no doubt,
Grew like the summer grass, fastest by night,
Unseen, yet crescive in his faculty.

CANTERBURY
It must be so; for miracles are ceased;
And therefore we must needs admit the means
How things are perfected."
William Shakespeare
From Henry V




Portfolio -> Poetry -> Poetry in Formal Attire

Last Chance  [13+]   0.8 KB
an English Sonnet

The Tale of Joe's Remote  [13+]   2.7 KB
A satirical ballad

Autumn  [E]   1.0 KB
reflections on autumn-- Naga Uta For Writers Cramp

Farewells  [E]   1.3 KB
Saying good-bye - a rictameter for Writers' Cramp

Telling Time  [13+]   0.9 KB
Time!!! -a villanelle from the word prompts of para/poem challenge

Jubilation  [E]   0.1 KB
senryu for Stormy -safe, ribbon, yellow

Under The April Rain  [E]   0.9 KB
on "spring" for Writer's Cramp--not exactly a villanelle

Relief  [E]   0.8 KB
Ae Freslighe- a verse form for Writers Cramp

To My “Lady’s Slipper”  [E]   0.5 KB
a sedoka (a japanese form) on orchids

Birds Migrating  [E]   0.6 KB
English tanka about birds

Savage Waves  [E]   0.3 KB
A tanka about the sea for Writer's Cramp

Time  [E]   0.3 KB
A dodoitsu about time for Writers Cramp

Cinderella Takes the Helm  [E]   1.6 KB
A triolet set for Stormy with “fascinate, footsteps, inconsistent”

Manhattan  [E]   0.5 KB
Manhattan on Sept 11, 2002 - Acrostic September

Red Roses  [E]   0.6 KB
roses and romance flowering --- a cinquain set

Memories  [E]   0.5 KB
Remember though ordered to forget... a septet

DUET  [E]   0.3 KB
A Rhyme Royal

THREE OF A KIND  [E]   0.4 KB
Three haiku's

THE CAPRICE OF STARS  [E]   0.7 KB
An attempt at a Shakespearean sonnet

Belly Dancer  [13+]   1.8 KB
-Paradelle- an 11th century form of poetry

Love Among the Ruins  [ASR]   1.7 KB
-Paradelle-