 Poetry: April 12, 2017 Issue [#8227] |
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This week: Easter Poetry Forms Edited by: Red Writing Hood <3  
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"It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us."
John Ruskin (1819-1900)
My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life.
Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964)
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Easter Poetry Forms
This time of year many people celebrate Easter. I found a couple of poetry forms that remind me of that celebration.
Blessed Cross
The Blessed Cross is a more modern poetry form. It is the brain child of Dorian Petersen Potter, and the form was born in 2009.
MUST HAVES
--Center aligned
--Rhyme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH AEGAEG (the final stanza uses lines repeated from stanzas 1, 3, 4—see below for details on that repetition)
--Stanzas: 5. Four 4-line stanzas first, and then one 6-line stanza. This final stanza is created by repeating lines in stanzas 1, 3, and 4:
Line 1 repeated
Line 9 repeated
Line 13 repeated
Line 2 repeated
Line 10 repeated
Line 14 repeated
--Line count: 22
--Meter: Syllabic. Stanzas 1, 3, 4, and 5 can be either six (6) or eight (8) syllables. Whichever you choose, you must be consistent throughout. Stanza 2 is 12 syllables.
--Topic: Doesn’t need to be religious, as long as it is inspirational or spiritual.
COULD HAVES or WHAT IS THE POET’S CHOICE IN ALL THIS?
--Meter of stanzas 1, 3, 4, and 5: six (6) or eight (8)—whichever you choose be consistent throughout the poem.
Cross of Salvation
This poem was created the same year as the one above, but this one’s creator is Christina R Jussaume.
MUST HAVES
--Number of stanzas: 4. Two eight-line stanzas, a four-line stanza and a three-line stanza in this order: 8, 4, 8, 3.
--Line count: 23.
--Meter: Syllabic. Syllable count is in the following order: 4, 12, 6, 4.
--Topic is same as above: spiritual.
--Center alignment is required.
COULD HAVES or WHAT IS THE POET’S CHOICE IN ALL THIS?
--Rhyme or not, it’s up to you.
SOURCE NOTES:
http://poetrypoem.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?poemnumber=1002402&sitename=ladydp2000&po...
http://the.a.b.c.of.poetry.styles.patthepoet.com/index.html
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Theme: Some Easter and April themed poetry.
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