Whitney

WHITNEY

This titled syllabic form, created by Betty Ann Whitney, has exactly seven lines.

Syllable Pattern:  3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 7

Example:

In the Garden Year

Voted best 

Among the months 

May and June 

Sprout root and grow. 

Soon will dance 

On wiry stems 

A blend of upturned blossoms.

Betty Ann Whitney, Wesley Chapel, FL 

Pasted from <http://sol-magazine-projects.org/sol/poetryforms.htm#whitney>

My Example Poem

Introducing Summer  (Whitney)

Trampolines

and Bar-B-ques

and new mown

grass are mighty

fine, but still,

bikinis I

like best; hope I always will.

© Lawrencealot - April 15, 2014

Septanelle

• The Septanelle is a verse form in 7 lines. It was created by Lyra LuVaile.
  
  The Septanelle is:
• a heptastich, a poem in seven lines.
• syllabic, 4-6-10-4-6-10-4 syllables per line.
• rhymed, rhyme scheme ababcca.

Pasted from http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=1882#baccresiez

My Thanks to Judi Van Gorder for the wonderful resource at PMO

My Example Poem

Not Enough     (Septanlle)

I had no dream

at twenty-one. My life

had been scripted by others, it would seem.

I took a wife

served country, then could see

that schooling offered opportunity -

my only theme.

© Lawrencealot - April 5, 2014

Rhyme Royal

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The rhyme royal stanza consists of seven lines, usually in iambic pentameter. 

The rhyme scheme is a-b-a-b-b-c-c. In practice, the stanza can be constructed 

either as a tercet and two couplets (a-b-a, b-b, c-c) or 

a quatrain and a tercet (a-b-a-b, b-c-c). 

This allows for a good deal of variety, especially when the form is used for 

longer narrative poems and along with the couplet, 

it was the standard narrative metre in the late Middle Ages. 

Example Poem

Tenpus Ambigua        (Rhyme Royal)

The concept time is quite beyond my ken.

String theory baffles brilliant folks and me.

I'll not wax philosophical again.

Perhaps I did already, shame on me.

We'd be confused in synchronicity.

For flies who live for but a single day,

young boys and men would seem two breeds at play.

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We can tell larva and the grown-up fly

are one, we see them grow. They must mistake

we humans as a species that won't die.

Our sense of time is different awake 

or when asleep, and tasks a diff'rence makes.

Don't tell a guy that seconds are the same

while shov'ling shit or kissing up a dame.

© Lawrencealot - July 12, 2013

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Alliterisen

The Alliterisen (Complex and Rhyming), a form created by Udit Bhatia, is a simple seven-lined poem with a specific syllable pattern and two alliterations per line.  For example: Glorious Graves, and wonderful waves. Alliteration is the succession of similar consonant sounds. They are not recognized by spelling, but rather by sounds.

The syllable structure for the Complex Alliterisen is as follows:

1st line- x syllables

2nd line- x+2 syllables

3rd line- x-1 syllables

4th line- (x+2)-1 syllables

5th line- x-2 syllables

6th line- (x+2)-2 syllables

7th line- x syllables

which allows for infinite syllable sequences.

Pasted from <http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/alliterisen.html>

Example Poem

The Knight of the Shopping Queen (  Complex Alliterisen with monorhyme)

Momma mumbles and grandpa grumbles but off they go.

She's got stores selected and he's got gumption and lots of dough.

Solicitous salesmen appear, all with grand goods to show

needles, brass bobbins, templates and many fine fabrics to sew

Gramps grabs her next favored choice;  takes it in tow.

Store after store momma's  proven plaza pro

And Gramps just grins and waits until when momma says whoa.

© Lawrencealot - Feb 3, 2012

ALLITERISEN - Rhyming

--Must have only 7 syllables in each line (isosyllabic)

--Must use aabbccd rhyme scheme.

--Must have only 7 lines in the stanza.

--Must have one alliteration per line.

--Must be only one stanza (although you could create one with two stanzas and call it a Double Rhyming Alliterisen-which means a three stanza one would be called a Triple Rhyming Alliterisen, and so on.)

Example Poem

Facing Off

My clock was clearly mocking

with its tick-ing and tock-ing.

"Get to work, write right away.

I track time through-out the day.

I'm not mocking you, fine friend,

just prodding your plodding pen."

His song's sure despite his face.

© Lawrencealot - April 13, 2013

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Clarity Pyramid

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/pyramid.html

Invented by Jerry P. Quinn, it consists of two 3-line stanzas and a final line. The poem should be centre-aligned to create a pyramid shape. The structure is as follows:

Line 1: 1 syllable, the poem title, displayed in UPPER CASE.

Line 2: 2 syllables, a synonym of the title or a word that clarifies the title

Line 3: 3 syllables, the same content as line 2.

Lines 4-6: 5, 6 and 7 syllables, and "based around a life event contained within [the first three lines] which helps give a poetic view or outlook on the first line".

Line 7: 8 syllables, enclosed in quotation marks; a quotation that defines the title. 

1/2/3/5/6/7/8

Example Poem

FORMS

 Templates

Instructions

Help create structure

for a planned creation

according to a standard

"Much more useful than this poem."

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Diamante

A Diamante is a seven-lined contrast poem set up in a diamond shape.

The first line begins with a noun/subject,

and second line contains two adjectives that describe the beginning noun. 

The third line contains three words ending in -ing relating to the noun/subject. 

The forth line contains two words that

describe the noun/subject and two that describe the closing synonym/antonym.  If using an antonym for the ending, this is where the shift should occur. 

In the fifth line are three more -ing words describing

the ending antonym/synonym,

and the sixth are two more adjectives describing the ending

antonym/synonym. 

The last line ends with the first noun's antonym or synonym.

To make it a bit simpler, here is a diagram.

Line 1: Noun or subject

Line 2: Two Adjectives describing the first noun/subject

Line 3: Three -ing words describing the first noun/subject

Line 4: Four words: two about the first noun/subject,

             two about the antonym/synonym

Line 5: Three -ing words about the antonym/synonym

Line 6: Two adjectives describing the antonym/synonym

Line 7: Antonym/synonym for the subject

Example Poem

Calm

Calm

quiet, undisturbed

soothing, refreshing, reassuring

composed,  tranquil, excited, impatient

upsetting, disturbing, unsettling

distressed, worried

Agitated.

(c) Lawrencealot - April 7, 2012

Kwansaba

Kwansaba is an African American verse form of praise. The Kwansaba, (swahili kwan - first fruit / saba -principle) was created in 1995 by Eugene B Redmond, East St. Louis Poet Laureate and professor of English at Southern Illinois University-East St. Louis. The form was developed in honor of the celebration of Kwanzaa . The poetic form adopts the number 7 from Kwanzaa's Nguzo Saba (7 principles) as well as embraces its roots in the South African tradition of thePraise Poem. 

Kwanzaa is a 7 day celebration of the African-American family encompassing African-American heritage, culture and principles. The celebration was introduced by Dr. Maulana Karenga, African-American educator, following the Watts riots of 1966 with the intent of bringing the African American community together.Kwansaba, the birth of a poetry form The 7 principles of Kwanzaa are unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith. Each day of the celebration focuses on one of the principles.

The Kwansaba is:

a celebration of family and African-American culture, a praise poem.

a septastich, a poem in 7 lines.

measured by 7 words in each line.

written with no word exceeding 7 letters.

The description above was pasted and copied from
http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=2769
with some slight editing.

Example Poem

Flashmob Christmas

Almost always tears trend down my face

after joyous smiles from ear to ear.

Seeing smiles erupt across the entire crowd

after pause of waiting wonder, knowing now

this gift is given- it's for all.

Folks see shyness put aside for them,

to be caroled with season's joyful songs.

© Lawrencealot - December 13, 2013

Sonnette

Invented by Sherman Ripley. It consists of 7 lines in pentameter, predominately iambic, with two stanzas, rhyming abba cbc. It is, essentially, half of a sonnet.


Example Poem

Write a Sonnette

Let's write one-half a sonnet here and now.
We'll use Iambs, and five of them per line.
although if you choose, trochees would be fine.
One-half a sonnet? Here I'll show you how.

One quatrain followed by a sestet works.
A sonnet built with training wheels- divine.
A sonnet sans the benefits and perks.

© Lawrencealot - Oct. 20, 2012


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Pleiades

Pleiades form

This titled form was invented in 1999 by Craig Tigerman, 

Sol Magazine's Lead Editor. Only one word is allowed in the title 

followed by a single seven-line stanza. 

The first word in each line begins with the same letter as the title. 

Hortensia Anderson, a popular haiku and tanka poet, added her 

own requirement of restricting the line length to six syllables. 

 Example Poem

Storm

Striking lightning frightening.

Sending shadows darting.

Sudden squall surprising.

Shrieking wind whistling.

Slamming hail bombarding.

Suddenly it's over.

 © Lawrencealot - April 16, 2012

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Shanzi

In December 2005 Andreas Gripp,  of  London, Ontario announced a new form.
 This is a syllabic poem in seven lines  4/5 5/4 4/4/5
Unrhymed
Lines 1 and 2   INTRODUCE the SUBECT
Lines 3 and 4   AMPLIFY what is affected by the image/subject.
Line 5 thru 7    Focus on NEW SUBJECT that complements and provides a meditative conclusion.
Shanzi may be Titled


Example Poem

Backyard in August

In the backyard
apples all about

rake and basket wait
under the tree

some for the birds
some for neighbors
some for you and me

© Lawrencealot - August 20, 2012

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