Posted by Brad Osborne on June 24, 2022 · 10 Comments
As you might guess from the name, Cyrch A Chwta is a Welsh poetic form. And like many Welsh forms, this poem involves both end rhymes and internal (or cross) rhymes.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 10, 2022 · 3 Comments
Found poetry is all about taking words not originally meant to be a poem (as they originally appeared) and turning those words into a poem anyway.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 3, 2022 · 15 Comments
The imayo is a 4-line Japanese poem that has 12 syllables in each line.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 26, 2022 · 15 Comments
Trickery in played part,
When East becomes West…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 20, 2022 · 14 Comments
The Luc Bat is a Vietnamese poetic form that means “six-eight.” In fact, the poem consists of alternating lines of six and eight syllables.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 6, 2022 · 12 Comments
The haibun is the combination of two poems: a prose poem and haiku.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 29, 2022 · 10 Comments
The stornello is an Italian tercet (or 3-line stanza) form with 11 syllables per line and an AAA end rhyme.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 22, 2022 · 13 Comments
Unlike the many classical forms we have already covered in this series, the Tricube is a newer form and relatively unknown. Plus, it is fun and easy to learn.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 1, 2022 · 10 Comments
Personally, I like the rhyme scheme and the repetitive final line of each stanza. I also appreciate the flexibility of this form in terms of how long or short the poem can be.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 18, 2022 · 16 Comments
Seguidilla is one of those poetic forms that started off as a song before eventually settling on an established poetic form.
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