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Tag Archives: Invented Forms
Invented Forms: The Lyricrostic
By Robert Wynne Hello Campers! Welcome to your post-holiday invented form missive. I’m not going to spend a long time discussing this next form, because it’s fairly self-explanatory. It’s called a Lyricrostic, and it is simply an Acrostic poem which … Continue reading
An Informal Look at Invented Forms
By Robert Wynne Thank you for joining me! Over the past year or so, I’ve sporadically published some invented forms in this fine online journal, and I have decided to try to focus on churning out one new such column … Continue reading
Invented Forms: The Upside Down Paradelle
Extractions By Grace Curtis We remove the tougher of these We remove the tougher of these And get angry when we are wise And get angry when we are wise Remove these when of the angry. Wise, we are, and … Continue reading
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Invented Forms: The Radius
By Robert Wynne The Radius is a variable-length, syllabic form. I was inspired to create it last year, not surprisingly, by the name of the Radius site. Each Radius must have an even number of lines, and each line must … Continue reading
Invented Form: The Pseudotaph
The Pseudotaph By Chris Bays A pseudotaph, or false burial, is an invented word and poetic form that is similar to the epitaph when it comes to tone, which can range from the melancholic to the humorous, and verse, which … Continue reading
Invented Forms: Wreathed Octavial and Centoum
By Jen Karetnick Wreathed Octavial All lines must begin and end with the same word All lines must be eight syllables long The poem is ten lines long American Dog Terrorists By Jen Karetnick Blood is what they want so … Continue reading
Invented Forms: Rejection Letter
By Robert Wynne The epistolary, or letter, form has long been an option in the standard poetic toolbox, but I’ve never been particularly drawn to it. Several years ago, however, when I was a co-editor at Cider Press Review, I … Continue reading
Invented Forms: the Double Ghazal and Symmetrical Double Abecedarian
By Matthew P. Gallant How to Write a Double Ghazal A double ghazal follows all the same rules as the regular ghazal, except that instead of just ending the first two lines and then every second line with the same … Continue reading
Two poems by Jane Cassady
Letter from the Divine Whatever to the Newly Out (from cutting and pasting the words to Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way”) By Jane Cassady Darling, I’m on the way. You were born ready to orient yourself, and no other way. … Continue reading
Invented Forms: QWERTY
How to Write a QWERTY By Benjamin Young The beginning letter of each word in the poem must follow the order of letters on the standard QWERTY keyboard. Optionally, and ideally, the line breaks and length of each line will … Continue reading