Monthly Archives: May 2012
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Sorry About This (Poetry Form 79: Spenserian Stanza)
Leave a commentMay 31, 2012 by Tom
Not only is this poem self referential It’s also over forty minutes late. I’m not asleep yet which is providential, …
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Snake (Poetry Form 78: Diamanté)
Leave a commentMay 30, 2012 by Tom
This is less a poetry form and more a beginner’s writing exercise, as it is very prescriptive, but extremely easy. …
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Honesty (Poetry Form 77: Unrhymed Limerick)
Leave a commentMay 29, 2012 by Tom
Ah, the Unrhymed limerick! Bastion of double entendre and innuendo. This form relies on the reader or listener guessing an …
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A Bad Attitude To Housework (Poetry Form 76: Than Bauk)
Leave a commentMay 28, 2012 by Tom
This is a Than Bauk. Basically a Burmese epigram, involving yet more climbing rhyme. It beats washing up, though. Leave …
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Sad Bee (Poetry Form 75: Ottava Rima)
Leave a commentMay 27, 2012 by Tom
A bit of utter nonsense, prompted by my delicately named twitterfriend @cunthorse, who wanted a poem about cheering up a …
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At Least He Didn't Come Last! (Poetry Form 74: Limeraiku)
Leave a commentMay 26, 2012 by Tom
Slightly late with this, due to getting distracted by Eurovision, so a very quick Limerick/Haiku hybrid for you. (Edited because …
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Dandelions (Poetry Form 73: Paradelle)
Leave a commentMay 25, 2012 by Tom
A paradelle is an obscure and challenging medieval French fo… Wait, no it isn’t. It’s a parody which a gentleman …
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Tory Rhetoric, Translated (Poetry Form 72: Nonnet)
Leave a commentMay 24, 2012 by Tom
I’ve been walking around thinking a nonnet was a nine line version of a sonnet. I was wrong. It’s actually …
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To Those Who Unlearn (Poetry Form 71: Rispetto)
1May 23, 2012 by Tom
This is a Rispetto. It’s a Tuscan verse form used, usually, to give respect to a loved one. To those …
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Boss (Poetry Form 70: Rhopalics)
Leave a commentMay 22, 2012 by Tom
A silly form, this: in each line, each word is one syllable longer than the last one. And that’s it. …
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