Winter Mist : Inverted Refrain

Fragile, smokey, winter mist,

scattering on to pine trees,

winter grains through summer sift,

on hills, valleys below spreading freeze:

                      Spreading freeze as summer sift,

                       winter mist on  pine trees.

From clouds it descends down,

gluing to every pine needle,

surroundings wear a white gown,

the chill sounds a bit feeble:

                             White gown descends down,

                              softly on to pine needles.

Summer colours fade away,

into rivulets they wash afar,

now, a grey slate lay,

sprinkling icy crystal stars:

                                Rivulets take colours away,

                                from the sky fall as stars.

A misty cap covers the forest,

milky way over the paths,

a beautiful heavenly adornment,

different ways it charts:

                          Milky way on paths and forest,

                          decorates the divine art.

Inverted Refrain: Created by Jan Turner.

Four six-line stanzas. 24 lines total.First two lines make a statement. Next two lines extract meaning.Last two lines are the inverted refrain and are an indented couplet.The rhyme scheme is a-b-a-b for the first four lines.Lines #5 and #6 are the inverted refrain. a-b or b-a.

Global Warming : Ninette

The Ninette is a form that uses nine lines. Each line increases by one syllable until the middle line, (five syllables) after which the syllable count in the lines following goes back down from four to one. The first and last words of this poem can be 1) the same 2) antonyms or 3) synonyms.

Defining Death

Death is..........

the silent song of peace,
an amazing word,
merging different worlds.
The ultimate stroke of a painter's brush,
splashing canvas with the final touch.
The lost part of a puzzle ,
when found completes life.
A wish,
even if not wished,
granted.
A soulful embrace,
relieving all the pains.

Engulf me in thy arms,
I'll absorb all your warmth.

Your Quietness: Triversen

Your quietness,

holding many voices,

echoing through mind.

Your quietness,

words sealed within,

pouring melancholy.

Your quietness,

seeping in the mud,

drops of tears.

Your quietness,

deep in heart,

a pearl of the pacific.

Your quietness,

pondering about life,

beyond the boundaries.

Your quietness,

the winter snow,

falling on me softly.

Triversen : An entire poem consisting of 6 stanza and there is no particular rhyme scheme with it .The concept is to have a sentence with three phrases with each phrase a line. 

God’s Blessings : Harrisham Rhyme

God’s blessings pouring on terra,

Dripping through shadows,

Glowing forever, not ephemera,

Gossamer rays deific halos,

Resin soft glimmer, a protective vera,

Nip in the air blowing tone so mellow.

Harrisham Rhyme : created by a female poet named Harrisham Minhas, from India. It has is a six-line rhyming stanza. The last alphabet (letter) of the first word of each line is the first alphabet (letter) of the first word of next line. There is no restriction on the starting alphabet (letter)of the first line.Rhyme scheme : ababab.

The Bee Hive : Rannaicheacht Ghairid

The bee hive,

a miracle of strive,

unsurpassed hardwork sublimed,

excellent paradigm live.

Buzzing bees,

dance, hum, ruffle with ease,

gather pollen, drink sap,

fly high, wings flap in breeze.

Amber juice,

the sweet  fruit of produce,

distilled, luscious , pure,

flavour of demure exudes.

The bees thrive,

in adverse conditions survive,

their abode -  the protector,

honey collector, the bee hive.

A Poem for my daughter!

Rannaicheacht Ghairid (ron-a'yach cha'r-rid): Irish poetry form having quatrain stanzas with uneven lines. The first line has three syllables, the other three have seven. The stanza rhymes a a b a, with a cross-rhyme between three and four and the opening word or phrase or line is also included at the end (to end where it began)

A x a

x x x x x x a

x x x x x x b

x x b x x x A

My Spirit : Rhupunt

 

I bid adieu,

to azure blue,

I’ll remain true,

attached to you,

like a leafstalk.

Flying lone,

from this zone,

wading alone,

into unknown,

my spirit walks.

Rhupunt :  Welch form having three, four or more lines, of four syllables with a rhyming scheme a. a. a. B. / c. c. c. B. and so on. Last lines of each stanza rhyme…

A Prayer: Vers Beaucoup

I pray that petals lay your way,

and rays dazzle in shades of hazel,

angel of happiness to bless,

refresh your life with no strife.

The dream you have shines with gleam and its stream,

without any seams, flows, grows,

glows with northern lights just right,

and bright, to higher successful peaks you rise and rise.

May this prayer through the air, over valley’s layer,

to you adhere, reside and hide,

in you confide, make you strong, to travel along,

this long road with love of god.

The Vers Beaucoup, rhyming word scheme of:

a-a-a-

a-b-b-

b-c-c-

c-d-d

Each rhyme can only use a maximum of three words.

The Divine Creation of God: Ovillejo

The divine creation of god,

you are grace of lord,

enchanting one and all.

Playing different roles,

of sister, daughter, wife, mother,

caring for us and others,

imparting strength further.

Precious of all the humans,

you the divine woman.

You are grace of god playing different roles, caring for us and others.

The "ovillejo," an old Spanish verse form that means "tight little bundle." ". The last line is a "redondilla," a "little round" that collects all three of the short lines. The rhyme scheme (aa bb cc cddc) is established, but the meter is at the poet's discretion.

Winter : Balassi Stanza

Ivory paradise

charmingly entices.

Powdery crystalline dew,

spread all over on earth,

sips old life for new birth,

replacing those who once grew.

Achromatic painting,

by nature, for changing.

Life celebrates and renews.

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Eternal emotions,

life’s essential potions

   buried in isolation.

Waiting for warm feelings,

yearning peaceful healing,

needing love’s insulation.

Tucked in ice, perfect,

nothing can thaw except,

angelic adoration.

Balassi Stanza :Rhyme Scheme : bbaccadda; Syllable count: 667667667 

A Painting: Cinquain

If I,

be a painter,

I’ll paint you happiness,

azalea, iris, orchids and

roses,

smiling ,

at every day.

A perfect painting, with,

a desire to paint you, only,

If I.........

Cinquain:5 lines progressing, 2 syl's, 4 syl's,6 syl's, 8 syl's then back to 2 syl's. Same goes for subsequent stanzas. Last line ending as the first line in case of more than one stanza.

Autumn - Dreams : Ya Du

Colourful bliss,

nature’s kiss, of

love is this to,

smear hues on,

our hearts when its all gone.

                                                                                                                     

Dreams of autumn,

now forgotten, as

soft cotton fibers,

woven spider web,

autumn dreams to far ebb.

Ya Du (Burmese Poetry Form)  : 4 syllable lines and a fifth of 5, 7, 9,or 11 syllables. The staircase rule applies to the four lines, and the last syllable of the fourth and fifth line must rhyme.There should be reference to the seasons since the word yadu means "the seasons”.

When You Say Nothing

When you say nothing,

I can still hear your whispers,

riding on the winds,

your heart beats, your thoughts,

connect to me,

like they have been for the past many lives.

Your love - a shadow of moon,

The deep tremors resonating within you,

I feel in here.

This mist around,

allow me to vaporize,

transforming to glowing fireflies,

lighting the surroundings, clearing the darkness.

An angel of god you are,

I have come too far,

there’s no turning back for me,

for my soul is bound to thee.

A castle you have made around yourself,

to be away from this world,

but at its door, you ‘ll find me waiting.

If you want to be the ship,

roaming the vast blue ocean,

let me be the wind flowing along.

I can wait for a thousand years to be with you,

and hear your voice calling out my name.

The Sea

Sun light fades in to you,

glowing waves with different hues.

You can kiss the lucid moon,

when your waves dance and swoon.

On mariners you cast a spell,

song of the sea in their hearts dwell.

You embrace a world of mystery inside,

mermaids, sirens, treasures, pearls in you hide.

Winds bring your messages to land,

like an enchanted magical wand.

Innocence: Tyburn

Charming

Warming

Slender

Tender

Your charming, warming, innocent looks,

flowing into slender, tender brooks.

Feathered

Creature

Blushes

Tresses

Oh! beautiful, fair, feathered creature,

blushes, tresses define your feature.

Tyburn : 6 line poem having 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 9 syllables. The first four lines rhyme and are all descriptive words. The last two lines rhyme and incorporate the first, second, third, and fourth lines. Rhyme Scheme:  xxxxee

Sun: Pleiades

Sun's ever burning flame,

smoulders on horizon,

sunrays kiss morning dew,

shinning white pearly hue,

soothing eyes, heart, mind, soul,

showering warmth, love, care,

soaring the skies high.

Pleiades: 7 line poem with 6 syllables per line. Title is of one word only. First letter of title and every line is the same.

Stars In The Ocean: Burns Stanza

Aquamarine transparent sea floor,

besprent with tiny shiny spores,

a marvel of nature to explore.

Blue silk waves black sky,

from the heaven pour.

Dance in rhythm, soar high.

 

Stars float all over,

another domain to flyover,

singing songs to a loner.

Bright glittery nano drops,

warm the ocean all so colder,

lovingly two different worlds hop.

The Burns stanza : Named after the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Also called the Scottish stanza or six-line stave. Prior to Burns’s use, it was known as the standard Habbie, after Habbie Simpson. Rhyme scheme: aaabab.

Falling Angels: Sonnetina Rispetto

Shooting stars from heaven above,

falling down losing faith and love,

banished for reasons unknown.

Skies roar, clouds cry their hearts out,

nothing fertile can they sprout.

Scattered angels roam alone,

shooting stars from heaven above,

falling down losing faith and love.

Moist earth silently stares,

can’t hold them forever here.

Banished for reasons unknown,

scattered angels roam alone.

Shooting stars from heaven above,

falling down losing faith and love.

The "Sonnetina Rispetto” created by Dorian Petersen Potter in 2009. Has 14 lines with 8 syllables each.  The rhyme scheme: A1,A2,B1,c,c,B2,A1,A2,d,d,B1,B2,A1,A2. The capitals A1,A2,B1 and B2...stands for the refrain lines in the poem.

I Don’t Belong To Anywhere Or To Anyone: Blues Stanza

I am a lonely leaf,

stuck here all alone, a lonely leaf,

soaked in pain and grief.

I carry a varicose heart,

crying and sad heart,

every word a piercing dart.

The wind brushes by,

caresses me and glides by,

it’s soothing touch,  a lie.

The world cares for blooms,

happiness it gets from blooms,

a sole leaf in this world has no room.

I don’t belong to anywhere,

no place to go anywhere,

my destiny is tied up here.

I am a lonely leaf,

stuck here all alone, a lonely leaf,

soaked in pain and grief.

The Blues stanza is poetry derived in the late 9th century from the Afro-American lamentation and sadness. The Rhyme scheme : A. A. a. . B. B. b. . C. C. c. etc.

The Lonely Autumn

I give shades of happiness and love to all,

but my emotions wilt like leaves and fall.

The truth of life is hard to define,

to my fate I resign.

I fill hearts with hopes of new beginnings,

and get crumpled beneath feet as forgotten wishes.

Stark realities mark this world,

for it, pain and hurt are just words.

I am the source of lavish splendor,

deep within I am fragile and tender.

No one knows of my agony,

alone I face this harsh reality.

Abundant harvest, fruits I offer,

still nothing ever in my fate alters.

I see them slip moment by moment,

and pray humbly for my atonement.

Summer Sunshine

All the cozy- tender things,

from the summer field I gather,

some sparkling rays, petals of spring,

and a few down feathers.

I weave them into a soft shawl,

gently adorning emotions pure,

it’ll warm your winter whole,

with hopeful promises to assure.

Securely tuck it in your heart,

love and affection will fill inside,

warmness exudes its every part,

soft prayers within strands hide.

Sweet Desert Rose: Tritina

Wild, dry, lonesome, yet sweet,

a wandering child is the desert,

harsh or favonian winds, it smiles like a rose.

Crystalline sand petals remind of the true rose,

each particle immersed in memories salty and sweet,

beauty spirals through this rose in the wilderness of desert.

Along with the sun rejoices the desert,

for its companion is the rose,

into the world, wind blows this story so sweet.

Truth full companion to desert is the sweet desert rose.

Tritina : It comprises of three stanzas using the same three words in a Sestina like pattern, and a final line which uses the three words in the starting sequence:

A.. B.. C...

C.. A.. B...

B.. C.. A...

A,B,C...