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Acrostic Decima Poetry – Sweet Tooth

Jan 31

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Acrostic Decima Poetry – Sweet Tooth

Small slices of cake are healthy
while some humans will eat plenty
eventually will need a nap
ecstasy, adding fat to the belly
the clothes don’t fit, a handicap

Tasty cake brought from a deli
often sometimes that’s unhealthy
overdone with rich oily crap
time to put on the thinking cap
having eaten cake now jelly.

Copyright © 2019 Elsie Hagley

Acrostic Decima: 10 Lined Poem the Decima form with an acrostic.

Write the two five words used in the poem vertically to start the line. 
Syllable Count: 8 syllables per line.
Rhyme Scheme: a-a-b-a-b, a-a-b-b-a. 
Only two rhymes a & b. Not a rhyming couplet at the end. 

An acrostic in poetry is a poem where certain letters in each line spell out a word or phrase. Typically, the first letters of each line are used to spell the message.

But they can appear anywhere, in my poem it is the first letter (Sweet Tooth), the title of the poem

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Jeffreys Sonnet Poem – New Beginning

Jan 27

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Jeffreys Sonnet Poem – New Beginning

Weather beaten life – crumbling down
don’t attempt a dive, you may drown.
The cliff may also fall apart-
taking your body out to sea
with that shrub soon to disappear,
never to be seen, my sweetheart.

Stop, let us talk – now how about
making a fresh start, sort it out
it’s not worth cutting your life short
There is so much living to do.
Talking will help you get through
Come, lets try you can be a sport.

You have a bruised heart – I knew that
Let’s give it a try, I’ll support.

What is  Jeffreys Sonnet Poetry – It was created by Scott J. Alcorn.

It is isosyllabic (only 8 syllable per line), 2 sestets with a cross rhymed couplet (the cross rhyme is in the 2nd to 4th syllable in each of the two lines of the couplet).

Also there is a cross rhyme in the first line of the 2nd sestet (between the 2nd to 4th syllable), tying the 1st sestet to the 2nd.

So the rhyme scheme would be: aabccb, (b)ddeffe, (e)g (g)e.

The letters in ( ) are the cross rhymes.

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Bussokusekika Poetry – Love of Nature

Jan 21

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Bussokusekika Poetry – Love of Nature

sound of birds singing

echos deep in the valley

breeze whistling through trees

the cry of a newborn kid

nanny goat answers high pitch

nature provides peace within

Bussokusekika Poetry – a pattern of 5-7-5-7-7-7

A Tanka poem with an extra phrase of seven added on at the end.

Often a exchange between lovers – in this poem it is the memories about the love of nature and life.

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Double Tetractys Poetry – Cute Circle

Jan 16

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Double Tetractys Poetry – Cute Circle

cute
cygnets
all cuddling
in a circle
grace and beauty, stillness to be enjoyed
their mother, a female swan called a pen
enjoys a break
relaxing
swimming
peace

Copyright © 2019 Elsie Hagley

Double Tetractys is a decastitch (10-line stanza) with an emphasis on the syllabic count of each line.

  • Syllabic count: 1-2-3-4-10-10-4-3-2-1
  • It should express a complete thought and may be on any theme and express any mood.
  • Rhyme is optional.

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Reverse Nonet Poetry – Baby Blessings

Jan 9

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Reverse Nonet Poetry – Baby Blessings

Unconditional love for happiness
whisperings from angels above
giving blessings from heaven
cherish the greatest gift
let them fill your heart
with total peace
completeness
within,
smile
love
and kiss
tenderly
those precious lips
smile even in sleep
chubby delicate cheeks
with dimples touching the heart
color theme tells us boy or girl
three cute little babies now sleeping.

Copyright © 2019 Elsie Hagley

Reverse Nonet – A nonet has nine lines. The first line has nine syllables, the second line eight syllables, the third line seven syllables, etc… until line nine that finishes with one syllable. 

It can be on any subject and rhyming is optional.

 You can also write a second stanza in reverse, 1-9 syllables, for a kind of opposite or mirror.

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Emotions and Healing – Double Etheree Poem

Jan 5

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Emotions and Healing – Double Etheree Poem

Life
Sadness,
bitterness
confusion kills.
Don’t save emotions.
Channel them all out now
never ignore your feelings.
Understand why you feel like this
wounded heart will heal in the future,
never be ashamed to weep, that’s grieving
emotions heal when they are heard, so speak
 concealing twisted emotions kill
or damage the mind forever.
Feeling good is everything,
sun’s shining. Let it shine,
give someone a hug,
opens your heart.
Listen, you
can hear
music.

Copyright © 2019 Elsie Hagley

Double Etheree – Two Etheree stanzas, where the second one is reversed.Syllabic count: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

Rhyme not required.

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Beauty of Butterflies

Jan 3

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Beauty of Butterflies – Photo Credit

Butterflies with their brightly colored wings
fluttering around the flower garden
searching, investigating everything
using the antennas as sense organs
perching on an object if not certain.
Some butterflies have organs for hearing
with a loud noise, their stay maybe shorten
causing them to flight and disappearing
the dry and hot seasons can cause starving
they love gardens and are not a burden.

Decuain (pronounced “deck-WAN”) was created by Shelley A. Cephas.

It is a decastich written in one single stanza on any subject.

  • This form feels a little more traditional than some of the others we have studied because all the lines are written in iambic pentameter.
  • There are only three rhyming sounds in the decuain, but you have three set choices for rhyme scheme.
  • The rhyme scheme of the first 8 lines is always ababbcbc.
  • The rhyme for lines 9-10 may be: aa, bb, or cc.
  • My Rhyme scheme: ababbcbccc

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Villanelle Poetry – Country Drive

Jan 1

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Villanelle Poetry – Country Drive

While enjoying a drive in the country air
a very fast car past us and went ahead
his passion for fast cars gave us a scare

while taking the corner too fast, I swear
he braked, car rolled, ended up brain dead
while enjoying a drive in the country air

His car was built for comfort, beware
he needed to learn how to drive, I said
his passion for fast cars gave us a scare

fast driving is not important, take care
all his dreams ended on his death-bed
while enjoying a drive in the country air

that is all there is to say, except a prayer
so many tears for all his loved one to shed
his passion for fast cars give us a scare

now our memories of that drive in fresh air
always a memory living forever in our head
while enjoying a drive in the country air
his passion for fast cars gave us a scare.

Copyright © 2019 Elsie Hagley

Villanelle Poetry:

The highly structured villanelle is a nineteen-line poem with two repeating rhymes and two refrains. The form is made up of five tercets followed by a quatrain.

The rhyme scheme is AbA’ abA’ abA’ abA’ abA’ abAA’, so there are only two rhymes that end all the lines.

In addition, the first line and third line, the refrains, are repeated four times each –

the first line appears at the end of stanzas 2 and 4 and as the second-to-last line in stanza 6.

The poem’s third line appears again at the end of stanzas 3, 5, and 6.

 

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ZaniLa Rhyme Poetry – Bright Coloured Table Setting

Dec 31

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ZaniLa Rhyme Poetry – Bright Coloured Table Setting

Orange and red brightly coloured fruit
vitamins to enjoy now
silverware placed, polish gleaming bright
Scent perfumed white flowers take a bow.

Tablecloth a brilliant white with stripe
Beautiful table setting
polish gleaming bright, silverware placed
Bright coloured wall very offsetting

Apricots a smooth clean bright orange
strawberries green leaves intact
silverware placed, polish gleaming bright
Everything perfect accomplished fact

Now for the social gathering planned
visitors arriving soon
polish gleaming bright, silverware placed
will be having a good afternoon.

Copyright © 2018 Elsie Hagley

What is ZaniLa Rhyme Poetry
The ZaniLa Rhyme, a form created by Laura Lamarca, consists of 4 lines per stanza.
The rhyme scheme for this form is abcb and a syllable count of 9/7/9/9 per stanza.
Line 3 contains internal rhyme and is repeated in each odd numbered stanza.
Even stanzas contain the same line but swapped.

The ZaniLa Rhyme has a minimum of 3 stanzas and no maximum poem length.

Wishing you a Happy Prosperous 2019

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In Harmony

Dec 27

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In Harmony 

hands
little hand
large hand together
equals two in harmony
love
joy
feelings from a racing heart
keeps old feeling young
brings a bright
smile

The miracles of enrichment while spending Christmas surrounded by family, enjoyments never to be forgotten.

Mirror Oddquain is

• A decastich (10-line poem) written in two stanzas.
• Syllabic count: 1-3-5-7-1, 1-7-5-3-1
• It should express a complete thought and may be on any theme and express any mood.
• Rhyme is optional

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