Villain I lose my balance, stumble; fall. I struggle to my knees and rise erect. I'm dizzy now, I lean against the wall. I hear my lover's siren call And fight against the urge to interject. I lose my balance, stumble; fall. Not ready yet to rise, floor-bound, I stall; My gaze fixed where the sight lines intersect. I'm dizzy now, I lean against the wall. My lover calls, we're late, now, to the ball: Get ready, dear, we need to leave direct! I lose my balance, stumble; fall. I push against the floor and start to crawl. The room is spinning fast-- I genuflect. I'm dizzy now, I lean against the wall. Oh, help me, how can I forestall This vertigo? The evening's wrecked! I lose my balance, stumble; fall. I'm dizzy now, I lean against the wall.

wrote a #villanelle #poeticForm

Villain I lose my balance, stumble; fall. I struggle to my knees and rise erect. I'm dizzy now, I lean against the wall. I hear my lover's siren call And fight against the urge to interject. I lose my balance, stumble; fall. Not ready yet to rise, floor-bound, I stall; My gaze fixed where the sight lines intersect. I'm dizzy now, I lean against the wall. My lover calls, we're late, now, to the ball: Get ready, dear, we need to leave direct! I lose my balance, stumble; fall. I push against the floor and start to crawl. The room is spinning fast-- I genuflect. I'm dizzy now, I lean against the wall. Oh, help me, how can I forestall This vertigo? The evening's wrecked! I lose my balance, stumble; fall. I'm dizzy now, I lean against the wall.

I've always liked #villanelle -- today I wrote one, and it came out o.k. #poeticForm

Sea Sponge (Shizuku-7 form poem)

Through the coral reef, you see
A sea sponge spend its day
Water currents flow
Filtered through pores
The sea sponge
Absorbs
Life
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#poetry #poeticform #shizuku7

Lightning

Through the storm, I carry on
Catching the cloud’s sorrow
Winds, weighing me down
Then that is when
Hope gave up
Lightning
Struck
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From my free Shizuku-7 Original Form Chapbook
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#shizuku7 #poeticform #poetry

Blossoms Care

Cherry blossoms dripping down
Petals hung for too long
They never let go
Witness their drop
Of despair
Blossoms
Care
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I created a poetic form called Shizuku-7. I have a free chapbook that explains the rules on my Ko-Fi page linked in my bio.
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#poetry #poeticform #shizuku7

Anyone else have a sestina to own up to?!

#poems #poetry #poeticform #sestina

I want my created poetic form visible so people take interest and use it. I'll make an explanation and lots of examples to post in a few places.

Poetic forms are interesting and creative word puzzles (for me).

It's in trochaic tetrameter catalytic with fun one line rhymes.

#poetry #poeticForm

I'm creating a poetic form in trochaic tetrameter catalectic meter. It's based on π, and 7 is an important number (7 syllables per line, 7 ending rhyming colors/tones). I need to add inner rhymes. It needs to vary throughout the poem. Oh, I'm at the character limit already.

#poetry #poeticForm

FRACTURE POINT
—lips to lips, where silence split clean

Lips to lips, the hush ignites flame,
no fear, no shame—just the same.
Skin to skin, within we dimmed sin with spin,
the pulse forgot its own name.

#poetriespots #pssensational #Gwawdodyn #sensualpoetry #poeticform #justatry

Villanelle still on its feet, hours later. Must pretend it doesn't exist. #poeticform

Villanelle now like a house of cards. I'm afraid to stand up. #allisforgivenprosepoems #poeticform

Draft versions slugging it out. Rhymes are a possessive lot; they want what they want. I had no idea. #poeticform #allisforgivenprosepoems

Villanelle traumas. Decided in my (not) wisdom would be entertaining puzzle for @SaveAsWriters Dickens anniversary commission. #poeticform