This is my learning folder for my attempts to focus on a variety of poetry forms. |
Mother Nature's disappointment... a tyburn poem ** Image ID #1708159 Unavailable ** Mother Nature Displays Malaise Her gaze Surveys Mother Nature displays malaise, ban Such thwarted plans, her gaze surveys—man! A tyburn poem has six lines. Lines one through four are all two syllables and they rhyme. They’re usually descriptive. Lines five and six have nine syllables. The rhyming words from lines one through four are included in the last two lines in the fifth through eighth syllable positions of each line. Some resources say you can use the words in any order, others say to have the first two lines (in order) in line five, and the third and fourth line (in order) in line six. June 17, 2011 169 views 4.5 stars Haiku Glorious Gaia Bountiful gifts surround them Creatures lift their praise Brazilian Haiku Animals listen Stories of age old glories Never forgotten Brazilian Haiku Each one adulates Falls down before Gaia’s crown Sunlight radiates Senryu The perfect beauty Takes revenge at every turn Nature ravages June 17, 2011 198 views 5 stars |