Eternal: An Endecha

Sun’s love for moon’s eternal.
They may not shine together
but they still share the same sky.
I hope we’re like them, but we’ll ne’er be, ever.

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In response to OctPoWriMo 2016 by Morgan Dragonwillow‘s Day 31.

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The Endecha is a ” The Canción triste que encierra un lamento”, (“sad song that locks up a moan”), a 16th century Spanish dirge or song of sorrow.

The Endecha is

• stanzaic, written in any number of quatrains.
• syllabic, written with 7-7-7-11 syllables per line.
• rhymed, rhyme scheme xaxa xbxb etc., x being unrhymed. The rhyme is often consonance only but true rhyme may be used.

Simplicity: An Onda Mel

Don’t wait for someone to tell you
you’re beautiful,
you are soulful.
Your heart and soul are fresh and new.

The truth is as clear as white snow.
Simple or not,
make-up, without,
your real and raw beauty will show.

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In response to OctPoWriMo 2016 by Morgan Dragonwillow‘s Day 30.

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The Onda Mel is an invented verse form introduced by Renelda Gibson.

The Onda Mel is:

• an octastich, a poem in 8 lines made up of 2 quatrains.
• syllabic, 8-4-4-8-8-4-4-8 syllables per line.
• rhymed abbacddc.

Upside Down: A Musette

You blurred
my clear windows.
I’m burned.

I want
to start again.
I can’t.

Upside
down, it’s still you
my love.

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In response to OctPoWriMo 2016 by Morgan Dragonwillow‘s Day 29.

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The Musette

is an invented verse form that presents the challenge of writing in very short lines. This form was introduced by Emily Romano and found only at Shadow Poetry. The Musette is:

• stanzaic, written in any number of tercets.
• syllabic, 2-4-2 2-4-2 2-4-2 syllables per line.
• rhymed axa bxb cxc etc. x being unrhymed.

Sea Shells: A Senryu

Silence of sea shells
against the roaring blue waves,
peace amid chaos.

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In response to OctPoWriMo 2016 by Morgan Dragonwillow‘s Day 28.

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Senryu

So if you are wondering if a 3 line, 17 syllable poem is Haiku or Senryu, you can pretty much place the serious poem in the Haiku column and the more human, humorous poems as the Senryu. (but there are humorous Haiku and serious Senryu, go figure..)

The Senryu is:

• a poem in 3 lines or less.
• syllabic, 17 syllables or less.
• commonly written in 3 lines but can be written in 2 lines and can be written with fewer syllables, never more.
  • L1 5 syllables describes image.
  • L2 7 syllables, adds conflicting image or expands first image
  • L3 5 syllables provides insight (the ah ha! moment)through a juxtaposed image.
• written as a natural human experience in language that is simple, humorous, sometimes bawdy or vulgar.
• presented with an energy or liveliness in the focus and choice of words
• often humorous
• written in the moment.
• an imagist poem (draws the humor from the image)
• untitled but can be #ed.

Favorite Scent: A Kimo

Sweet scent of wildflowers has sadly failed
to be my favorite scent.
I still long for your smell.

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In response to OctPoWriMo 2016 by Morgan Dragonwillow‘s Day 27.

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Kimo is an Israeli version of the haiku, found at Poetry Kaleidoscope. There should be no movement in the imagery.

The Kimo is:

• a tristich, a 3 line poem.
• syllabic 10-7-6 syllables per line.
• unrhymed.

Abandonment: An Aubade

Smiling sun always arrive
with the hope of a better life.

Maybe we are the only exception.
The poor ones inside a rich legion.

Dark nights are definitely ours,
but mornings restart our hearts’ wars.

Once the sun rays start to shine,
they remind me you are not mine.

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In response to OctPoWriMo 2016 by Morgan Dragonwillow‘s Day 26.

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Aubade (dawn song) is a love poem, specifically the parting of lovers at dawn. Conflict between love and responsibility is at the center of this poetic genre.

This genre dates back to 12th century France and is the counterpart to a secular Evensong, Serena or Serenade.. The name Alba comes from the medieval watchman’s cry “alba” announcing the passing of the night and return of day. The early Occitan troubadour poems ended each stanza with the word.

The Alba or Aubade is:

• a love poem, most often mourning the parting of lovers while extolling the coming day.
• constructed at the discretion of the poet, length, stanzaic form, meter and or rhyme. although often a smattering of rhyme is present without any particular rhyme scheme.
• dramatic since it is often dialogue between the parting lovers or coming from a cuckold husband or a watchman’ warning. Sometimes dialogue is silent, expressed in images.

Red: A Rondelet

Dripping red blood
from her pale wrist she cut deeply.
Dripping red blood
screams her pain she kept hidden, locked.
She relish the pain silently,
her final seconds end slowly—
dripping red blood.

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In response to OctPoWriMo 2016 by Morgan Dragonwillow‘s Day 25.

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The Rondelet is a relatively short poem using the entire opening line as its refrain. It is French in origin, another member of the 13th century Rondeau Family of Forms which is defined by its use of the rentrement.

The Rondelet is:

• a heptastich, a poem in 7 lines.
• in French syllabic. Syllable count per line are 4-8-4-8-8-8-4 In English tends to be iambic in pattern.
• composed with a rentrement, in the Rondelet the entire L1 is repeated as refrain in L3 and L7.
• rhymed. Rhyme scheme interlocks between the refrain AbAabbA.

Fantastical: A Flamenca

Fantastical aged tales
captivates young and old.
But they are nothing
once our own love story
was fin’lly written, told.

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In response to OctPoWriMo 2016 by Morgan Dragonwillow‘s Day 24.

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Flamenca or Seguidilla Gitana carries a fast staccato rhythm. It is a variation of the Seguidilla.

The Flamenca is:

• stanzaic, can be written in any number of quintains.
• syllabic, 6-6-5-6-6 syllables per line to imitate the rapid click of the heels of a dancer.
• L2 and L5 assonate. (same vowel sounds)

Dangerous: A Deten

You have
dangerous eyes.
They trapped me willingly,
like a lunatic lost in love
and lies.

Close it
so I’ll see light.
I don’t need rescuing,
my mind can regain its own wit
and fight.

Alone
I will be fine.
Like a new butterfly flying
I’ll flourish, exist on my own,
all mine.

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In response to OctPoWriMo 2016 by Morgan Dragonwillow‘s Day 22.

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The Deten has a unique rhyme scheme. It was created by Johnn Schroeder and can be found at Poetry Base.

The Deten is:

• a 15 line poem made up of 3 cinquains.
• meter at the discretion of the poet. Iambic pentameter is suggested, but tetrameter or sprung rhythm would also work. It might interesting to use the Crapsey Cinquain syllabic frame 2-4-6-8-2.
• rhymed abcab decde fgcfg.

Nature’s Calling: A Naani

If grief’s a black smoke
we’ll all be blind now.
Killings, murders, hate
are they nature’s calling?
Or we’re just all fan of dying?

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In response to OctPoWriMo 2016 by Morgan Dragonwillow‘s Day 21.

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The Naani is a stanzaic form found at Shadow Poetry and is most often an observation of human relations or current events although it can be open to any subject. Naani means “an expression of one and all”. The stanza form was introduced by Dr. N. Gopi an administrator at the Teluga University.

The defining features of the Naani are:

• stanzaic, written in any number of quatrains.
• syllabic, with a total syllable count of between 20 and 25 syllables.