Thinking about snow, trying a some different forms of poetry |
I started working on quilled snowflakes for Christmas hostess gifts. I decided I needed a little something else to go with it. So I wanted a verse or 'something'. This is my brain storming work, trying to figure out what I'm doing.... Nothing like explaining -- work in progress, before you read, huh! Haiku: Snow Ominous gray skies Reveal crystalline treasures Dancing silently Oddquain: An oddquain is a 17 syllable form in five lines.... 1, 3, 5, 7, 1 Snow Gently drifts Blanketing the ground Creating a wonderland Scene Candlelight formatted poem: Candlelight formatted poem Syllable structure is 5-5-5-4-4-3-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-7 Rhyme scheme is aabbccxxxxxxxxxxxx (x being unrhymed) Warmed by the fire The weather’s dire The snow’s still falling No point stalling Coat’s all zipped up Muffler’s wrapped Mittens Wool socks Snow boots Dressed! Cold White Snow Glides Wafts Twirling and dancing around Oddquain Butterfly: a variation of an oddquain, still based upon the syllable count 1, 3, 5, 7, 1, 7, 5, 3, 1 Since you can string oddquains, I decided to string the oddquain butterfly (an oddquain butterfly is what I was thinking about when I did the oddquain.. so I just continued it) Snow Gently falls Blanketing the ground Creating a wonderland Where Children's laughter fills the air As they toboggan Down snowy Slopes Cold Fades away When Mom calls them in, The scent of hot chocolate Fills The air from the kitchen door. Children bound inside So much fun! Snow! Nonette: A syllabic poetry form that consists of nine lines. The first line has nine syllable, the next eight through to the last line which has one syllable. Awaken to winter's wonderland Sparkling crystalline fingers Overwhelmed by ice and snow Create glistening archways Shelter paths below Harmonious Natural Beauty Glows Edited Nonet: Awaken to winter’s wonderland Sparkling crystalline fingers Overwhelmed by ice and snow Create glistening archways Sheltering paths below Signals winters Dazzling Return Home Septolet: I've found two different descriptions of septolet poems. Both must contain seven lines (sept meaning seven). One is based on syllables while the other is base on words. A septolet syllable form- each line has a specific number of syllables (1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1) A septolet word form has 14 words, is written in two parts with a break. Both parts work together to create a picture for your imagination. Blizzard Squalls Ferocious winds Blowing snow Drifts Of powder Mound sky high Trapped cozily inside. haiku, again Skies of Eiderdown Silently reveal dancing Crystalline treasures |