Form:Pseudotaph
A pseudotaph, or false burial, is an invented word and poetic form that is similar to the epitaph when it comes to tone, which can range from the melancholic to the humorous, and verse, which can range from the metrically bound to the free.
Number of Lines:
no line restrictions
Rules:
The pseudotaph addresses the burial of things, thoughts, concepts, emotions, or memories.
Although there are no line restrictions, the form appears best when kept short.
Rhyme Scheme:
no rhyming resrtictions
Choices for the poets to make this week: Your poem can be about any topic.
Examples:
Pseudotaph to Pomposity
Musty megalomaniacal mutterings …
enough said, we’ve buried you with this period: .
Pseudotaph to Mediocrity
Spilled words sucked into vellum,
you once lured me to complacency:
warblings twisted into midnight bytes,
ink destined to kindling. You taught
me scrawls, not subtlety. You left
me gilded reams, paperweights.
Spilled words, burn and smolder.
Here’s your tome: this space, a tomb.
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