Posted by Brad Osborne on September 24, 2021 · 5 Comments
What do you get when you mix two super popular Italian poetic forms, specifically the terza rima and villanelle?
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 10, 2021 · 16 Comments
The rhupunt has some variability to it, but also some rigid rules as well.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 3, 2021 · 15 Comments
The haibun is the combination of two poems: a prose poem and haiku.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 27, 2021 · 9 Comments
With an Italian origin, the earliest known use of the ottava rima poetry form dates back to the fourteenth century, when the form was introduced into the Italian literary scene by poet Giovanni Boccaccio.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 2, 2021 · 16 Comments
Trickery in played part,
When East becomes West…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 30, 2021 · 8 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 July 23, 2021 · 11 Comments
The Trenta-Sei form was created by the poet John Ciardi. It’s a 36-line poem (the word “Trenta-Sei” is Italian for 36) that has a rhyme pattern and refrains.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 16, 2021 · 18 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 9, 2021 · 10 Comments
The Rime Couee is a French poetic form that uses six-line stanzas with a 3-part rhyme scheme and variable line lengths.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 2, 2021 · 13 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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