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 March 19, 2021 · 12 Comments
Technically, the roundelay is any simple lyric poem that uses a refrain…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 13, 2021 · 18 Comments
It seems like so long ago,
Since hallowed earth,
Robed you in finality…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 12, 2021 · 12 Comments
Another French troubadouric form, popular with 12th and 13th century poets, Rimas Dissolutas is a poem that rhymes and does not rhyme.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 5, 2021 · 14 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 4, 2021 · 12 Comments
The air hangs like a traitor,
Motionless and well dead,
A raucous silence…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 1, 2021 · 7 Comments
Thin spheres stretched,
Adrift to whim,
Delicate dance…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 12, 2021 · 23 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 February 8, 2021 · 14 Comments
I must purge,
Throw off the negative,
In a shuffling of the mind…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 5, 2021 · 14 Comments
The madrigal originated as an Italian form, as a pastoral song.
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