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With 52 forms, how many poems can you write in one year? |
Form: Sweetbriar Similar to Minuette. Invented by Viola Berg. Number of Lines: 12 (2 sixains) Rules: Syllable count: 4-4-6-4-4-6 syllables per line uses only one rhyme Rhyme Scheme: xxaxxa xxaxxa Choices for the poets to make this week: Your poem can be about any topic. Example: Poetry Handouts Saved Her Life For Angelina Former student gives me poem, remembers my handouts from long ago. She wrote poem in dining whereabouts. She wrote verseat moment’s notice, recalls earlier bouts with youth sadness. Pen is freedom! Poetry helped her doubts. (source: http://www.rainbowcommunications.org/velvet/forms/Sweetbriar.pdf) |