Mick’s Short Form Poetry Challenge #6 – Perpetuating the Rare Forms’ – Oct. 22nd 2017 – Prompts: ‘time and trial’

Mick’s Short Form Poetry Challenge

 Perpetuating

 the

Rare Short Form Poetry Styles

Prompt: ‘time and trial‘

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Should you wish to skip the intro and go directly to the poetry types please click here

Introduction:

Firstly; thanks to all who participated in the original Elfje challenge, it was a bit of a slow start, but we were getting there. However, a suggestion made by Jules Paige that I change the format to a multi one based on short forms of poetry, I thought a great idea, and for which I thank her, most gratefully. Here then are the forms, if they are new to you please click on the one that takes your interest for its guidelines, thank you. Some of them can be likened to rare breeds, and as the saying goes, “Use them or lose them”. It might be that some of them were totally unknown to you, there were to me. So, I think by broadening the scope of the challenge it will perpetuate some of the rarer forms, and hopefully encourage new inventions too, the door is open to all. New short forms will be added as and when they are brought to my attention. Note some of the prompt words, (as presented), might be found to not fit in with some of the forms, but don’t forget yer synonyms. Hope you enjoy this new challenge, and if anyone has any ideas on improving it don’t forget the comment box, I’m all eyes! Prompt for this week, ‘time‘, renewed every Saturday/Sunday sometime after midnight London time. Suggestings, advice, all welcome, please use the comment box, thank you.

Please note more forms added, thank you, and I will be adding examples under all.

There has to be some rules, but before I get to them, all participants can submit as many entries as they wish; now the rules:

Some Helpful Links:

Jules Paige POETRY FORMS OLD AND NEW 

mindlovemiserysmenagerie: Glossary of forms, poetic terminology and literary devices
Shadow Poetry – Poetry Types

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Poetry Forms: Please click on the poetry form names for more detailed information, thank you.

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. Alphabet Haiku
               Example:
               the toad talking toad
               thundered… threatening terror
               taking territory
               © Mick E Talbot 2017
            2. Atom
               Example:
               love
               yourself
               better
               © Mick E Talbot 2017
            3. Collom Lune
               Example:
               Word count 3,5,3
               EXTINCTION
               mother natures laws
               don’t break them… or pay
               no fines… extinction
               © Mick E Talbot 2017
            4. Elfje
               Example:
               love
               breaks hearts
               truelove makes babies
               new generations the future
               awaits
            5. Epanalepsis
               Example: The epanalepsis being highlighted in blue. The asterisked explained preceding the poem.
               Fly like a bird,* aeroplanes fly like an eagle. ****
               Sleep on the wing,** swifts sleep on the wing.**
               Fly** like a kite not tied to a string, fly** free.
               Hot air thermals*** aid all manner of flyers like
               Pilots of gliders who seek out hot air thermals.***
               Wind assisted paper can fly like a bird.***
               © Mick E Talbot 2017* Across the stanza.
               ** Identical start and end.
               *** Across 2 sentences.
               **** In context.
            6. Haiku
               Example:
               winter close… lurking
               fall winds humming tunes… leaves dance
               hedgehogs hibernate
               © Mick E Talbot 2017
            7. Kelly Lune
               Example:
               Syllable 5, 3, 5
               EXTINCTION
               mother natures laws
               don’t break them…
               no fines… extinction
               © Mick E Talbot 2017
            8. Kyrielle
            9. Kyrielle Sonnet
            10. Lanturne

            11. Mcwhirtle
                FAILINGS OF LEADERS
                The failings of leaders
                Not taking into account
                The needs of the people
                Apart from their very own

                They live in splendour
                With steaks for dinner
                Soft pillows to rest on
                The people, skin and bone
                © Mick E Talbot 2017/66

            12. Monoku
            13. Monorhyme
            14. Müki
            15. OctaTimbre
                10 line stanza 8 syllables per line.
                Example:
                OCTOBER PEAKING
                autumn said adieu to summer.
                mist and winds, days growing longer.
                leaves, now eye candy, all changing.
                floating, gliding, dancing, drifting,
                shuffling, kicked up, flurrying sounds.
                squirrels burying, acorns found,
                insulating, adding colour
                to newly built dreys, keeping warm.
                planning ahead, against winter
                appearing fresh on spring-like days
                © Mick E Talbot 2017
            16. pi ku
                (1/2 of a tau ku): 3,1,4
                Example:
                dead red fox…
                ragged…
                found on the road
                © Mick E Talbot 2017
            17. Septolet
                Example:
                Geese,
                Gaggling, one calls,
                Migration starts,
                Instinctively driven.
                ~
                Warmer
                Climes, for a
                Warmer winter.
                © Mick E Talbot 2017
            18. Snowball
                Example:
                WRITE
                write
                poetry
                inspire
                aspiring
                composers
                vigilantly
                remodelling
                titillations
                tantalisingly
                quintessential
                © Mick E Talbot 2017/66
            19. Tanka
            20. tau ku
                Example:
                fresh on the road… blood
                dead fox…
                run over… no… hunted by hounds© Mick E Talbot 2017
            21. Tetractys
                An example of a double:
                WHY NUCLEAR?
                why
                nuclear
                power is
                a threat to all
                its radioactive contamination
                it has a half-life of one hundred years
                unviable
                habitat
                barren
                dead
                © Mick E Talbot 2017
            22. The American 767
                Must contain the name of a bug, (creepy crawly).
                Example:
                PAINTED LADIES
                butterflies… many species
                painted ladies… so fresh
                once abundant… now threatened
                © Mick E Talbot 2017
            23. Tilius
                turned yellow… orange… red
                autumn tree’sbared
                © Mick E Talbot 2017/66
            24. Triolet
            25. W5

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            Roundup, Mick’s Short Form Poetry Challenge #5:
            Reena: In honour of October, an OctaTimbre, thanks Reena I am hoping the link will take all back to the poem you left on the challenge page, however, it will take you to the page where you might have to scroll to find it.
            https://mickhispoetry.wordpress.com/2017/10/14/micks-short-form-poetry-challenge-5-perpetuating-the-rare-forms-oct-21st-2017-prompt-love/#comment-6235#ree

            Linda: A beautiful, raunchy triolet poem, thank you Linda.
            My Love

            Vivian: A beautiful tau ku, as you know Vivian, it inspired me to write this, thank you.
            Love is…..

            Jules: A septolet dedicated to marriage, her marriage, very meaningful. Thanks Jules.
            https://juleslongerstrandsofgems.wordpress.com/2017/10/16/s-mick-5-what-you-do-to-me-10-16/

            Footnote:
            If I haven’t thanked anyone in the roundup I thank you all now, and humbly ask for your continued support. Please keep spreading the word, best wishes to all 🙂 Please accept my apology for being overdue with this weeks challenge.
            Mick