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Oprihory Form~

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The Oprihory form was created by Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory. It is a free-verse poem combined with the idea of prose. It is written with both personal feelings and observations, thus being written with at least five (5) "Note To"s and ten (10) "Dear"s.  Example: Note to Self  after Jon Sands You haven’t earned the right to break. Get yourself together. Note to the man who broke me: get the fuck out of my poems. Note to my poems as of late: you smell too much like sunrise to be a rude awakening. Note to awakenings: you look better on Virginia Woolf. Note to Virginia Woolf: scientists have officially proven the existence of death by heartbreak. You never needed the water. Dear water: I sometimes worry that we are an Oedipus Complex waiting to happen. Dear Oedipus: If 3’s the charm, then why do you die at the end of the trilogy? Dear Trilogy: 9’s my lucky number. Try that on for size. Dear Size: stop making molehills out of mountains. Note to mountains: I’ve conc...
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Shadow Sonnet Form~

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The Shadow Sonnet was created by  Amera M. Andersen , may be written in any sonnet style. The Shadow takes place at the beginning and ending of each line as the words are identical or homophonic. Since all poetry was originally meant to be sung or recited out loud, homophonic words are acceptable, these are words that sound alike such as “see and sea”. (Rules: 14 lines, 9 or 10 syllables per line. The poem should have a volta or pivit; iambic pentameter is not necessary.) Example #1: Spirit to Spirit So many things have turned my spirit so. Yet I do resist and yield to it yet. Know that I give my strength for you to know. Forget you? Nay, I shall never forget. Left with my sandpaper dreams since you left. Love lies in my spirit, for you my love. Theft of your presence is not spirit theft. Above all my dreams, I hold you above. You now have returned, I knew it was you. Waiting so long as my heart was waiting; few have returned, yet you're one of the few. Aching for you as my...
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Rictameter Form~

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Rictameter is a scheme similar to Cinquain. Starting your first line with a two syllable word, you then consecutively increase the number of syllables per line by two. i.e.  2, 4, 6, 8, 10  Then down again,  8, 6, 4, 2  Making the final line the same two syllable word you began with. Example #1: Beauty Solemn beauty Decorates you with kiss Freed just once of its bridled tongue Confessing shame at its unworthiness To e'er have loved or touched your grace To e'er have looked upon That face which is Beauty Copyright © 2000 Jason Wilkins
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Line Messaging Form~

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Line Messaging is a poetry form created by  Angel Favazza  is a poetic form wherein the poet utilizes the last line of each stanza to help represent an overall idea. So if the last line of each stanza is read together (separately from the poem) it will have an independent message or be a poem all on its own. Example #1: Untitled I, a mere woman; yet of mind and heart, walk alone past the cemetery gates. Reaching out to touch the crude, dim metal a glorious thought takes me— I stand still for my heart can walk no more and the vital force within my breast grieves with the knowledge of a youth now faded. Submit; succumb to this sublime graveyard, beyond the sorrow of generations gone. Independent flowers mock the very ground from which they rise; Inspiration grows within me. Copyright © 2009 Angel Favazza
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Cascade Form~

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Cascade, a form created by  Udit Bhatia , is all about receptiveness, but in a smooth cascading way like a waterfall. The poem does not have any rhyme scheme; therefore, the layout is simple. Say the first verse has three lines. Line one of verse one becomes the last line of verse two. To follow in suit, the second line of verse one becomes the last line of verse three. The third line of verse one now becomes the last line of verse four, the last stanza of the poem. See the structure example below: a/b/c, d/e/A, f/g/B, h/i/C Example I laugh hard at the poor butcher, With scarlet hands and crimson eyes, He smiles as he cuts away. They gather around him everyday, "unholy killer" they all scream. I laugh hard at the poor butcher. Deaf towards the plea of all, the buther's fate was long written with scarlet hands and crimson eyes. Children cry amidst the crowd, a mother faints, another screams. He smiles as he cuts away.
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Rondeau Form~

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A Rondeau is a French form, 15 lines long, consisting of three stanzas: a quintet, a quatrain, and a sestet with a rhyme scheme as follows:  aabba aabR aabbaR.  Lines 9 and 15 are short - a refrain (R) consisting of a phrase taken from line one. The other lines are longer (but all of the same metrical length). Example #1: Springtime Air Come follow me, I'll lead you where The days are fine and nights are fair; Where fields of clover, lush and green, Will visit you within this scene -- As March inhales the springtime air. So come with me and we shall share The freshness springtime can ensnare, As fields of flowers thus convene.-- Come follow me... Springtime's approach to which we're heir Will bring about winter's repair, Where we shall witness sights serene And glory in that to be seen. No other season can compare. Come follow me... Copyright © 2004 Dan Tharp
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Monorhyme Form~

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A Monorhyme is a poem in which all the lines have the same end rhyme. Example #1: Late for Class I realized it was half past four When I, quite late, ran out the door. My history class I so abhor, But I missed two sessions the week before. I failed a test on ancient lore And forgot the date of the Second World War. (Man, my brain was really sore.) Up the marble stairs I tore, And slid across a just-mopped floor: I banged my knee and loudly swore, To wake -again- at half past four! These nightmares I can stand no more... Copyright © 2001 Dendrobia
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