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Poetry: April 15, 2015 Issue [#6935]

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 This week: April Fools: Pranky Poetry Forms
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In honor of the silliness that is a part of April 1, I present my favorite silly poetry quote:


Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

G.K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)



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April Fools: Pranky Poetry Forms



That moment after midnight the 31st of March until the midnight on the first of April is free game for pranksters. At my house it usually takes the form of elaborate stories bathed in truth, begging you to believe. The longer you believe, the more glory is gained by the storyteller. Oh, and this happens every few months. Apparently 24 hours just isn’t enough at our house.

I found a couple poetry forms that reflect some of the spirit of this day for fooling friends and family.


Corrupted Form

This is less a form and more of a poetry technique that can be part of your toolbox. Like my kids with their messing around with the truth to see what they can create and still make it believable, with corrupted form you’ll take a form and mess around with it a bit to see what you can create. The Poetry Dictionary says, “corrupted form crosses the line beyond acceptable variations.”


MUST HAVES

--Take a known poetry form and mess with it, while still keeping it recognizable.


COULD HAVES or WHAT IS THE POET’S CHOICE IN ALL THIS?

--Topic: dependent on the form you choose to corrupt and how you choose to corrupt it.

--Line count: dependent on the form you choose to corrupt and how you choose to corrupt it.

--Meter: dependent on the form you choose to corrupt and how you choose to corrupt it.

--Number of stanzas: dependent on the form you choose to corrupt and how you choose to corrupt it.

--Rhyme: dependent on the form you choose to corrupt and how you choose to corrupt it.



Paradelle

This form was invented and presented by Billy Collins. He was US Poet Laureate from 2001-2003. At first he, much like my kids, weaved a tale about this difficult old French form, but later confessed it was a joke.


MUST HAVES

--Number of stanzas: 4.

--Line count: 6 lines per stanza for a total of 24 lines.

--There is repetition in some of the lines and a final challenge for the last stanza:

1 – Unique line.
2 – Repeat of line 1.
3 – Unique line.
4 – Repeat of line 3.
5 – Unique lines using words*
6 – in lines 1 and 2*

7 – Unique line.
8 – Repeat of line 7.
9 – Unique line.
10 – Repeat of line 9.
11 – Unique lines using words*
12 – in lines 7 and 9*

13 – Unique line.
14 – Repeat of line 13.
15 – Unique line.
16 – Repeat of line 15.
17 – Unique lines using the words*
18 – in lines 13 and 15*

19 – This stanza is created
20 – by all the words in the
21 – lines marked above with
22 – asterisks. That would be
23 – lines 5 and 6, lines 11 and
24 – 12 and lines 17 and 18.


COULD HAVES or WHAT IS THE POET’S CHOICE IN ALL THIS?

--Topic.

--Meter.

--Rhyme or not, it’s up to you.


SOURCE NOTES:

Drury, John. the po.e.try dic.tion.ar.y. 2nd edition. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, 2006. Print.

http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/poets/poetic-form-parade...


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