Dec 26, 2014

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.


Dec 22, 2014

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.


Dec 20, 2014

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.


Dec 19, 2014

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. 

Dec 17, 2014

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.




Dec 10, 2014

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

Dec 7, 2014

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…