now
I like
sitting down
reading poetry
it’s the place I willingly love to be
poetry is my passion in retirement
if it’s wasted
it’s my time
to waste
yes
Double Tetractys is a decastitch (10-line stanza) with an emphasis on the syllabic count of each line.
early autumn sun
shining through the distant mist
throwing dark shadows
in harmony with the air
living in dreamland again
English Tanka Poetry – a Verse that consists of five units, usually in the following pattern of 5-7-5-7-7 which is syllables.
What is a syllable?
The first three lines (5/7/5) are the upper phase. This upper stage is where you create an image in your reader’s mind.
The last two lines (7/7) of a Tanka poem are called the lower phase. The final two lines should express the poet’s ideas about the image that was created in the three lines above.
So she kept prowling the mountain side
Hoping to keep her off spring alive
Food was scarce after bushfires
There was no place to hide
Hoping to keep her off spring alive
She slipped down the mountain side
There was no place to hide
Late autumn in the bush it was suicide
She slipped down the mountain side
Landing rather hard on her backside
Late autumn in the bush it was suicide
She came across a large slip
Landing rather hard on her backside
Not seeing straight everything was magnified
She came across a large slip
There were two deers ready for supply
Not seeing straight everything was magnified
Focusing should have been a easy routine
There were two deers ready for supply
Those deers were on the other side of the slip
Focusing should have been a easy routine
Food was scarce after bushfires
Those deers were on the other side of the slip
So she kept prowling the mountain side
How to Write a Pantoum Poem
The design is simple:
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
Line 5 (repeat of line 2)
Line 6
Line 7 (repeat of line 4)
Line 8
Continue with as many stanzas as you wish, but the ending stanza, then repeats the second and fourth lines of the previous stanza (as its first and third lines), and also repeats the third line of the first stanza, as its second line, and the first line of the first stanza as its fourth. So the first line of the poem is also the last.
Last stanza:
Line 2 of previous stanza
Line 3 of first stanza
Line 4 of previous stanza
Line 1 of first stanza
wisdom, is realising you know nothing
everything is not like it used to be
listen, closely, what others are saying
depression, try laughter it’s guaranteed
avoid stress try learning to live carefree
don’t try pleasing everyone, please yourself
forget all the bad things and pride oneself
true, sad heart will repair if you let it
hold to your dreams, don’t live life on a shelf
wisdom is, learn to laugh not throw a fit.
Dizain Poem It is a French poem popular in the 15th and 16th centuries, it is a single stanza of 8 or 10 lines (10 being more common), with 8 or 10 syllables in each line, the rhyme scheme is ababcdcd, or ababbccdcd
Summary – This poem is a 10 lined, 10 syllables, with rhyme ababbccdcd
Quote
“It is strange how often a heart must be broken, before the years can make it wise.” ― Sara Teasdale.
