Mick’s Short Form Poetry Challenge
Perpetuating
the
Rare Short Form Poetry Styles
Prompt: ‘sake‘
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, ‘sake‘, 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
Poetry Forms: Please click on the poetry form names for more detailed information, thank you.
- Alphabet Haiku
Example:
the toad talking toad
thundered… threatening terror
taking territory
© Mick E Talbot 2017 - Atom
Example:
love
yourself
better
© Mick E Talbot 2017 - 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 - Elfje
Example:
love
breaks hearts
truelove makes babies
new generations the future
awaits
- 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. - Haiku
Example:
winter close… lurking
fall winds humming tunes… leaves dance
hedgehogs hibernate
© Mick E Talbot 2017 - Kelly Lune
Example:
Syllable 5, 3, 5
EXTINCTION
mother natures laws
don’t break them…
no fines… extinction
© Mick E Talbot 2017 - Kyrielle
- Kyrielle Sonnet
- Lanturne
-
Mcwhirtle
FAILINGS OF LEADERS
The failings of leaders
Not taking into account
The needs of the people
Apart from their very ownThey live in splendour
With steaks for dinner
Soft pillows to rest on
The people, skin and bone
© Mick E Talbot 2017/66 - Monoku
- Monorhyme
- Müki
- 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 - pi ku
(1/2 of a tau ku): 3,1,4
Example:
dead red fox…
ragged…
found on the road
© Mick E Talbot 2017 - Septolet
Example:
Geese,
Gaggling, one calls,
Migration starts,
Instinctively driven.
~
Warmer
Climes, for a
Warmer winter.
© Mick E Talbot 2017 - Serpent’s Tail: Invented by Jane Dougherty 2014
Rules:
Any line length, no set number of lines and no meter. To make the serpent, the last word of each line rhymes with the first word of the following line with the last line being the same as the first, so the serpent eats its own tail. The last part is the tricky bit.
Example:
to save all manner of life
strife… all suffering
buffering… nature tries
cries in vain!
pain from battering!
shattering, ructions!
destructions rife.
all life still suffering.
buffering was natures intent.
meant to calm the gale.
frail now her chances
glances tell pollutions rife
what more can she do?
to save all manner of life
© Mick Talbot 2017 - Snowball
Example:
WRITE
write
poetry
inspire
aspiring
composers
vigilantly
remodelling
titillations
tantalisingly
quintessential
© Mick E Talbot 2017/66 - Tanka
- tau ku
Example:
fresh on the road… blood
dead fox…
run over… no… hunted by hounds© Mick E Talbot 2017 - 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 - 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 - Tilius
turned yellow… orange… red
autumn tree’sbared
© Mick E Talbot 2017/66 - Triolet
- W5
Roundup, Mick’s Short Form Poetry Challenge #6:
Mick: 3 links two Epanalepsis poems, a new form invented by me. Please do have a go, hopefully, you will find it interesting, fun, and a challenge, and an Elfje.
https://mickhispoetry.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/an-epanalepsis-poem-surprised/
https://mickhispoetry.wordpress.com/2017/10/22/an-epanalepsis-poem-nature-talkes/
https://mickhispoetry.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/an-elfje-plus-a-free-form-poem-reply/
Jane(basilblog): Welcome to the challenge so sorry Jane, somehow this Fibonacci got overlooked, Ended too soon for me, the trying time of life, love it. Thanks for taking the challenge on look forward to your continued support…
https://janebasilblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/the-stretch-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-17490
Reena’s entry: An elfje:
Watch
Time rob
the essence of
all trials and tribulations
Life
Vivian: A sad tau ku. Thank you, look forward your continued support 🙂
On Reflection
Jules: Thanks Jules a great I would say senryu series! If anyone is interested I wrote Jules an elfje reply, the piece added here was attached to the end,
A lot of thought gone into that,
A clock stopped
Is time recorded
A pb or a record
An athlete
tested
https://juleslongerstrandsofgems.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/s-micks-challenge-6-memory-in-a-glass-dome-10-22/
Jules: Second entry,
Never told a fib, well white ones, enjoyed yours. For Their Eye’s Only, tarum, play the music Bart! Thanks Jules.
https://juleslongerstrandsofgems.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/s-multi-prompts-sly-heroics-10-23/
Linda: A fantastic triolet, mind you I was bewitched, joking didn’t need any spells to know I’ve just read a good poem.
Bewitching Hour
Many thanks to you all, for your support always appreciated. Hoping this week’s prompt, ‘sake’ will inspire some of the rarer forms:)
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 🙂
Reblogged this on ladyleemanila and commented:
Mick’s challenge 🙂
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Thank you Lady Lee, appreciated!
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An enclosed acrosstic rhyme to say thank you and this is…
Simply the best take
And what’s more
Keep shouting peace for
Eeverybodies sake
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Not too late to this party…
Consternation Consideration
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O I have consternation
Consideration too.
For the party all life attends
My consternation, yes true
Is for how, not when this party ens.
Consideration, what, my point of view?
I Speak
I Appeal
I Keep shouting
I Explain, releasing my inner peace
My consternation is of those
Who have no consideration
No contemplation before application
Of threats to life their actions could pose.
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I’ll catch up with you soon, thanks Vivian
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Thank you!
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Good Morning Mick- Here is my interpretation of sake. I opted to use forsake in a double Tetractys. https://charmedchaos.com/2017/10/31/forsake/
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Thank you Linda, be back with you soon.
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wow, there are a lot of short poetic forms there that I have never heard of.
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a prickly cactus
aren’t they all… hooks too… don’t touch
else they will hang on
poetic licence I have used
thanking you for your peruse
now
it would
be nice to
see you write one
please
look at
l. i. f. e.
yeah life, a tiny word
describe it in one big word
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
your serve
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