My Poetic Latticework

1. 16 lines in a double Tigerjade poem.

2. Notes on the Tigerjade form of poetry:
Form: Tigerjade
This form was created by Jacqueline Sturge

Number of Lines: 8
Any number of eight-line stanzas, all following the rhyming/syllable scheme.

Rules:
Syllable Count per line: 3-3-12-12-12-12-3-3

Rhyme Scheme:
a-a-b-b-c-c-d-d, e-e-f-f-g-g-h-h, etc.

Choices for the poets to make this week: Your poem can be about any topic.


Example:
Choose a Treat (Tigerjade)

Please abide;
step inside.
The treats you offer are enticing, yummy, yet
your hands are full of goodies and your little pet.
Your fingernails are lovely, but that pot is black;
please set it down then come inside and scratch my back.
When you’re done
we’ll have fun.
Costume’s bold!
Are you cold?
I’ll warm you up in ways that you might contemplate,
and effortlessly, I think you’ll reciprocate.
I’ll scratch your back as well as anywhere you itch.
This night is Halloween – you know you can bewitch.
Please come in.
Let’s begin.

© Lawrencealot – October 28, 2014