Poetic Rhapsody

  This poem is written for Penmancy’s Penmuse contest. It is a Kwansaba Invented by Eugene B. Redmond in 1995, this form was inspired by the seven-day holiday of Kwanzaa, including its seven principles of unity, self-determination, collective work, cooperative economics,

This is known as ‘Bop’ poetry. The first stanza has 6 lines and presents a problem. The second stanza has 8 lines and explores or expands the problem. The third line has 6 lines and either presents a solution or

This is an Echo Verse Poetry. It is a 14-line poem with ABAB rhyme scheme. A few words are repeated in the subsequent lines to create an ‘Echo’ or refrain. Written for Penmancy’s monthly contest. Will not his silence ever

This poem is written for Penmuse -Pemnancy’s November 2024 Poetry Event. The poem is of the type ‘Catena Rondo’ Here’s how to write a catena rondo: The poem is comprised of a variable number of quatrains (4-line stanza) Each quatrain

This poem is an example of a Petrarchan sonnet. Also known as Italian sonnets, they are a classical form of verse that originated in Italy during the Renaissance. These sonnets consist of 14 lines written in iambic pentameter. The structure

This poem is an Alexandrine, verse form that is the leading measure in French poetry. It comprises of three lines per stanza, four stanzas in total. The first two lines have six syllables each. The third line has 12 syllables and

This poem is a Ghazal Originally an Arabic verse form dealing with loss and romantic love, medieval Persian poets embraced the ghazal, eventually making it their own. The form also has an intricate rhyme scheme consisting of syntactically and grammatically

This is an eclogue, a short pastoral poem, usually in dialogue, on the subject of rural life and the society of shepherds, depicting rural life as free from the complexity and corruption of more civilized life. This poem is a

That stormy night, she watched from her bedroom window The aged leaves of ivy creeper struggling yet failing to hold on To their dear life as the rain lashed out incessantly, They fell one by one, a victim of nature’s

This is a Cyhydedd Naw Ban. It is a simple Welsh poetic form that uses couplets to keep things even within each poem. Each line in the stanza is nine syllables long. The stanza has an even number of lines.