 Poetry: August 20, 2008 Issue [#2570] |
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Gaines Verse
I love exploring new poetry forms. Today I will show you a new form that was created by one of our own members here at Writing.com, mrstyx.
BRIEF HISTORY
Here is some background information about him and his creation, in his own words:
I was born in Gainesville Florida in 1977. I've been writing for fifteen years. It was a day in my teenage life that caused me to sit down and just write down the emotions going on inside.
After that it seemed I had found something in poetry that I wasn't receiving from my family. I was an editor at my college newspaper, and have done numerous poetry readings from Seattle, WA to West Palm Beach, FL. I've been in bands, and also do stand up comedy. Performing has always been in my blood since being a child in choir going to nursing homes to cheer up the elderly.
Gaines Verse came about one day while I was looking at other poetry forms with a friend, looking for keys in the dark  . She wanted to do a document about various poetry forms, and the wheels started to turn for me...I spent three months getting the Forms and structure and first examples for anyone else to see before releasing Gaines Verse to all of WDC.
Gaines Verse is not one form, but rather a group of several forms with a similar syllable count sequence of 7-6-5-7.
MUST HAVES
-Regardless of the variation you choose to use, there is a strict syllable count.
Here are the counts for the various Gaines Verse Forms:
Gaines Verse short form: 7-6-5-7.
Gaines Verse proper form: 7-6-5-7-6-5-7.
Gaines Verse long form: This form is complicated only in that it can be as long as you want providing that you stick to the sequence, and have at least ten lines. If you created a ten line version your syllable counts would be like this: 7-6-5-7-6-5-7-6-5-7. If you see the pattern, then you can see where you could stop your poem and still have it considered a Gaines Verse long form. You could not have a twelve line Gaines Verse, because it would stop at the five syllable line: 7-6-5-7-6-5-7-6-5-7-6-5 - you would need to finish it out with another seven syllable line.
COULD HAVES or What's The Poet's Choice In All This?
-Subject matter.
-Rhyming or not, although Vincent does not recommend the use of rhyme with this form.
OF NOTE
There are also variations within these variations. You could have a poem that consisted of several short form (or long form, or proper form) stanzas. You could also have a piece that had a short form stanza, followed by a proper form stanza, and finished up with a short form stanza. You could also have a poem that has a short form stanza, followed by a proper stanza. The possibilities are endless as your imagination here.
By now you should see the pattern: a six syllable line and a five syllable line, wrapped by two seven syllable lines (7-6-5-7). Another variation could be using a 7-5-6-7 order. However, if you chose this variation, make sure you carry it throughout your whole poem.
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Theme: Gaines Verse
More info:
Short form:
Proper form:
Long form:
Mixed variation:
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