The Poetic Musings of Dawn

boonstra brain function form (#73)

Amaryllis

With a flicker, the short cut is found, an amygdala path
is flashed, creating an emotional response long before one
discovers the emotion can occur without cognition or thought.
Lily white flower proves the heart
is not always subject
to the
mind.


Boonstra Brain Function Form.

This form received his name, after an e-mail correspondence between Jan Haag – who was playing with word forms in poetry, and myself. I enjoyed her style and asked in my mail if she had already a name for this form. Her answer was negative and she suggested in her reply back to me, that she would name the form after me. Time zones between us made that I saw her reply the other morning, and when I went to her website I saw she named the form already. I must say I am honoured.

How do you write the Boonstra Brain Function Form?

The main rule within this form is that it has to do with the function of brain and body.
The lines are built up in words, not syllables.
The Boonstra Brain Function Form can be a single stanza, as well as a chain of stanzas.

In lines:
Line 1: 11 words
Line 2: 10 words
Line 3: 9 words
Line 4: 6 words
Line 5: 4 words
Line 6: 2 words
Line 7: 1 word.