Le Voyage Magnifique

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You look like you are famished
in tattered loose fit coat.
I give you my heart
for sustenance
in dark times
without
hope.

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Here is an Eastern form tailored for those of you who have trouble counting syllables or placing caesura. The frame of the Kasa is loosely adhered to but parallels are paramount.

Wiggle room in Kasa frame,
holding fast, side by side claim.
~~Tinker


Kasa in Korean means song-words and the form is compared to the Chinese rhyme-prose (fu). Its defining features are the lack of stanza breaks, lines of variable length and its strict adherence to parallelism. In other words, the elements of the frame though often exercised are loosely observed. The content in parallel is the focus of the form. The Kasa dates back to 15th century Korea.

in.seaung.un yu.han.han.dae
si.ram.do ku.ji.op.ta

Life has an end:
Sorrow is endless.

The elements of the Kasa, (song-words) are:
1. syllabic, 7-syllable lines broken by caesura into alternating groups of 3 and 4 syllables or 8 syllable lines broken by caesura into equal 4 syllable phrases. These options are guides with variables at the discretion of the poet.
2. strophic. Groups of variable numbers of lines, unlike uniform stanzas.
3. content is described or exposed through parallels. This is the heart of the form.
4. written from unrequited love, patriotism, daily life, nostalgia, etc.
#1
Chants of peace, love on demand,
screamed in anger, defeat dream.
---Judi Van Gorder
#2
Heady rush, vibrant new love,
yesterday's promises pale,
vows broken, children pay price.
--Judi Van Gorder

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Written for

FORUM

The Random Poetry Contest  (E) A random poetry contest that shows up from time to time! #2182602 by Lilith of House Martell

with prompt:

The prompt is the form, the topic can be anything you like.

Write one or more six-line-stanzas (sestets).

Each line must have six syllables and the following end-rhyme pattern:
xxxxxa
xxxxxb
xxxxxc
xxxxxc
xxxxxd
xxxxxd

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1. Kloang poem composed for Round 62 of the "Invalid Item" 

2.

 The elements of the Kloang are: 

         1. syllabic. L1, L2, L3 are 7 syllables each, L4 is 9 syllables. 

         2. stanzaic, written with any number of quatrains. 

         3. composed with an interweaving or cross rhyme scheme. The end word of L1 rhymes with the 5th syllables of L2 and L3. The end word of L2 rhymes with the 5th syllable of L4. L3 and L4 end rhyme. Stanzas are linked by the repetition of the end rhyme of L4 repeated as the 5th syllable of L1 of the next stanza and the rhyme pattern repeats itself. 

         4. most often a poem of nature. 

         5. tonal which is impossible in the English language.



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Arctic Love



Gnarly feet trudge on the ice,

eighty miles entice a pawn

of nature, the price to mate,

four year cycle drawn up to create.

                    ~~ Judi Van Gorder, aka Tinker 

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Form: Aquarian


Number of Lines:
Minimum of 4 lines per stanza (quatrain). More may be added in multiples of four.

Rules:
4 lines per stanza, with a total of 14 syllables each.

Each stanza has lines of 2/4/6/2 syllables

Choices for the poets to make this week:
Your poem can be about any topic and as many stanzas as you wish.

Example:
A Long One Does Too

A short
Aquarian
has fourteen syllables.
No more.
(c) Lawrencealot – Oct 10, 2012

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Form: Little Willies or Ruthless Rhymes

Number of Lines: 4 lines

Rules:
1. satirical
2. accentual, with 4 stresses per line.
3. a tetrastich. A complete poem in 4 lines.
4. composed with a surprise last line and a touch of sadistic humor.
5. rhymed
6. light verse.
7. often composed using Little Willie and his family as the brunt of the joke.

Meter:
Rhymed
Accentual, with 4 stresses per line.

Rhyme Scheme:
aabb
or
abab

Choices for the poets to make this week:
OPTIONAL: It's Halloween week, try that as your theme!

Examples:

Willie with a thirst for gore
nailed his sister to the door
Mother said with humor quaint
"Careful, Willie, don't scratch the paint."
~ Anonymous


The Colonel brought Willie fame,
his contribution to the arts,
but whenever I hear the name
my thoughts turn to body parts.
~ Judi Van Gorder (AKA: Tinker )

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