~::~ [A-Z Challenge] ~ Zani La Rhyme ~::~

Day 26, Z = Zani La Rhyme

Bless the soul that created the poetry form with Z 😉 😛

Zani La Rhyme – The ZaniLa Rhyme, a form created by Laura Lamarca, consists 4 lines per stanza. The rhyme scheme for this form is abcb and a syllable count of 9/7/9/9 per stanza. Line 3 contains internal rhyme and is repeated in each odd numbered stanza.  Even stanzas contain the same line but swapped. The ZaniLa Rhyme has a minimum of 3 stanzas and no maximum poem length.

~::~ Idyllic Dreams ~::~

I lay adrift in idyllic dreams

Of mellow ochre sunrise

It makes me croon, the silvery moon

That bewitch the senses in surprise

 

 

Soaring on my magical carpet

A fluffy cloud says hello

It makes me croon, the silvery moon

When Minervas play melodious cello

 

Deep within the mahogany woods 

Fairies danced in silken sheer

The silvery moon, it makes me croon

While it lights the sky like chandelier

 

I dance around in sweet reverie

With satyrs, elves and pixies

It makes me croon, the silvery moon

While I lay adrift in fantasies

~::~::~::~::~::~

I hope you liked the poem, please leave your comments, feedback and brickbats

Photo Courtesy – Josephine

~::~ [A-Z Challenge] ~ Villanelle ~::~

Day 22, V = Villanelle

A Villanelle is a nineteen-line poem consisting of a very specific rhyming scheme: aba aba aba aba aba abaa.
The first and the third lines in the first stanza are repeated in alternating order throughout the poem, and appear together in the last couplet (last two lines).

~::~ Tranquil Reveries ~::~

Fly away oh vibrant butterflies

Take me to a land of golden streams

Where tranquility dwells ‘neath cobalt skies

 

Where luminescent golden suns rise

Painting heavens in shades of peaches & creams

Fly away oh vibrant butterflies

 

A magical land of decadent moors lie

And evening brings iridescent moonbeams

Where tranquility dwells ‘neath cobalt skies

 

Where kaleidoscopic sights tantalize

Through opulent valleys swathed in gossamer sunbeams

Fly away of vibrant butterflies

 

Lilting music of dainty fairies mesmerize

O’er sapphire seas and blooming reams

Where tranquility dwells ‘neath cobalt skies

 

While a faint melodious scarlet tanager cries

I’d lay forever in these dreams

Fly away oh vibrant butterflies

Where tranquility dwells ‘neath cobalt skies

~::~::~::~::~::~

~::~ [A-Z Challenge] ~ Underworlds ~::~

Day 21, U = Underworld

Unfortunately there are no poetry forms created with the letter U, and so I’ll just have to write a poem with a word starting with letter U and my word for today is “Underworld”

~::~ Underworld Travels ~::~

 

Adrift on a boat to no where
New sights I have discovered
Forging ecstatic spirits in me
I walk through the underworlds

I came across unearthly sights
Secrets of the cosmos unfurled
Many a realm dwells here
As I walk through the underworlds

Passing through these untrodden paths
Whilst million questions swirled
I pondered my very existence
As I walked through the underworlds

Enjoying the mystical delights
Like a wispy cloud, I lay curled
While a Tuscan sun rose above
I walked through the underworlds

~::~::~::~::~::~

 

I hope you likd the poem, please leave your comments, feedback or brickbats.

Picture Courtesy – Josephine

 

~::~ [ A-Z Challenge] ~ Terza Rima ~::~

Day 19, T = Terza Rima

A Terza Rima is a poem with an eleven syllable count in each line and a rhyming scheme of aba, bcb, cdc, dd.

 

~::~ Unicorn Dreams ~::~

I fly away riding a unicorn fair

Up and away through wispy gossamer skies

In search of lands unknown where magic ensnares

 

Wandering through dazzling lands with awestruck eyes

Transcending through multihued hills and valleys

Offering a kaleidoscopic surprise

 

Fairies on vibrant flowers and mottled trees

Twinkling dewdrops capture the spangled sun beams

Beauty so mystical leaves senses appeased

 

Horizon turns ochre, sun bursting at seams

Whilst I fly away free, in magical dreams

~::~::~::~::~::~

~::~ [A-Z Challenge] ~ Sonnet ~::~

Day 18, S = Sonnet

A Sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines (iambic pentameter) with a particular rhyming scheme:
Examples of a rhyming scheme:
#1) abab cdcd efef gg
#2) abba cddc effe gg
#3) abba abba cdcd cd
A Shakespearean (English) sonnet has three quatrains and a couplet, and rhymes abab cdcd efef gg.

Usually, English and Italian Sonnets have 10 syllables per line, but Italian Sonnets can also have 11 syllables per line.

~::~ Midnight Soiree ~::~

I lay low after a heavy day’s toil

Adrift on a blissful carriage of dreams

Floating through the skies, hung by silken coils

Traverse the night on gossamer moonbeams

 

Of velvety valleys and glistening wells

I marvel the kaleidoscopic views

Petite fairies emerge from fresh bluebells

As I embark on my magical cruise

 

Stumbling upon a charming fairy ball

Fairies and satyrs dancing in merry

Music flows, as singing mushrooms enthrall

While sweet treats are served with wine and cherry

 

Fatigue swept as stars sang their final tune

I fell asleep with the far-setting moon

~::~::~::~::~::~

 

I hope you liked the poem, please leave your comments and feedback.

Photo Courtesy – Josephine

~::~ [A-Z Challenge] ~ Rondelet ~::~

Day 17, R = Rondelet

The Rondelet is a French form consisting of a single septet with two rhymes and one refrain: AbAabbA. The capital letters are the refrains, or repeats. The refrain is written in tetra-syllabic or dimeter and the other lines are twice as long – octasyllabic or tetrameter.

 

~::~ Take Me Away ~::~

Take me away

Oh little vibrant butterflies,

Take me away

Life here is ever disarrayed

With your flamboyance, paint the skies

Let new iridescent world rise

Take me away

~::~::~::~::~::~

I hope you liked the poem, please leave your comments and feedback.

Photo Courtesy – Josephine

~::~ [A-Z Challege] ~ Quatern ~::~

Day 17, Q = Quatern

A Quatern is a sixteen line French form composed of four quatrains. It is similar to the Kyrielle and the Retourne. It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain. The first line of stanza one is the second line of stanza two, third line of stanza three, and fourth line of stanza four. A quatern has eight syllables per line. It does not have to be iambic or follow a set rhyme scheme.

~::~ Puffy Dreams ~::~

I ride the waves of puffy clouds

Etching through the sky, I plow

In search of unseen horizons

To view pristine luminous suns

 

 

Chirping geese pass by in small crowds

I ride the waves of puffy clouds

Stopping to admire faint peach skies

And watch the spectacular surprise

 

Skylines ranging pink to purple

Beige sun rose, golden & sparkle

I ride the waves of puffy clouds

Watching the cosmic wonder- wowed!

 

Sun rays preening tiny dewdrops

Whilst glistening grasshopper hops

Amazed at splendorous scenes, proud

I ride the waves of puffy clouds

~::~::~::~::~::~

 

I hope you liked the poem, please leave your comments and feedback.

Photo Courtesy – Josephine

~::~ Fly Me To The Moon ~::~

After a long time I trying hard to break away from the shackles of poet’s block and attempting to come up with new poems…

The only way I can indeed get back and get the inspiration and motivation to write  is by attempting various forms of poetry.

And here I have found a brand new form  – Kyrielle Sonnet.

Well I have done the Kyrielle before too –  you can find the poem here 

So this time its a Kyrielle Sonnet  –  blending both the forms of kyrielle refrain and sonnet style

Read the end of the post for the exact description 🙂 for now here’s the poem

~::~ Fly Me To The Moon ~::~

 

Upon svelte dreams of velvet skies

Drifting past iridescent highs

Every spectacle makes me swoon

Oh firefly! Fly me to the moon

 

Feathery clouds of midnight blue

Where I’m headed, I have no clue

Breathtaking moments, make me croon

Oh Firefly! Fly me to the moon

 

Leaving trail of cottony hue

Transcending sense of dejavu

My heart, it sings a merry tune

Oh Firefly! Fly me to the moon

 

Upon svelte dreams of velvet skies

Oh Firefly! Fly me to the moon

~::~::~::~::~::~

Kyrielle Sonnet

A Kyrielle Sonnet consists of 14 lines (three rhyming quatrain stanzas and  a non-rhyming couplet). Just like the traditional Kyrielle poem, the Kyrielle Sonnet also has a repeating line or phrase as a refrain (usually appearing  as the last line of each stanza). Each line within the Kyrielle Sonnet consists of only eight syllables. French poetry forms have a tendency to link back to the beginning of the poem, so common practice is to use the first and last line of the first quatrain as the ending couplet. This would also re-enforce the refrain within the poem. Therefore, a good rhyming scheme for a Kyrielle Sonnet would be:

 AabB, ccbB, ddbB, AB -or- AbaB, cbcB, dbdB, AB.

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/kyriellesonnet.html

~::~ Dream Boat ~::~

~::~ Dreamy Boat ~::~

 

On dark foggy night

Sailing surreal boat

Twinkly stars, Moon bright

In dreams I’m afloat

 

Sailing surreal boat

O’er moors hills vales

Envious birds, I gloat

Leaving wispy trails

 

Twinkly stars, moon bright

Gliding past valleys, seas

Panoramic sights

Magical carpet flees

 

In dreams I’m afloat

Light feathery gait

A pink horizon coat

Lovely dawn awaits

~::~::~::~

 

Quadrilew

Created by C. G. V. Lewis, the Quadrilew is a form of quatrain poem with an abab rhyming scheme,

repeating lines, and contains an alternating syllable structure. In the first verse, the poet may either start with a five or six syllable line.  If the choice is five then the ‘sounding’ syllable count is (and opposite if the count is six):

 VERSE ONE,

Line 1, 5 syllables.

Line 2, 6 syllables.

Line 3, 5 syllables.

Line 4, 6 syllables.

 VERSE TWO,

Line 1, (which is a REPEAT of line 2 of the FIRST verse) has 6 syllables.

Line 2 new line of 5 syllables

Line 3 new line of 6 syllables

Line 4 new line of 5 syllables.

 VERSE THREE,

Line 1, (which is a REPEAT of line 3 of the first verse) has 5 syllables.

Line 2 new line of 6 syllables.

Line 3 new line of 5 syllables.

Line 4 new line of 6 syllables.

 VERSE FOUR,

Line 1, (which is a REPEAT of line 4 of the first verse) has 6 syllables.

Line 2 new line of 5 syllables.

Line 3 new line of 6 syllables.

Line 4 new line of 5 syllables.

 If  the first line of verse one has 6 syllables then the pattern is

Verse 1, 6565,

Verse 2, 5656,

Verse 3, 6565,

Verse 4 5656:  (the rhyme pattern still being abab.)

~::~ Dreamy Flights ~::~

i hope i am not late with this one..

Thanks Luke for inspiring me to pen down something after a long time…

when i am caught up in the myriad tangles of work and can hardly breathe with the guilt of not being able to pen down poems.. the Octain form came to my rescue.. Thank you One Stop Poetry– cos you are equally responsible for helping me pen this down…

Though m posting this on a Tuesday 😉 this my Octain for One Stop Monday Form 😛

~::~ Dreamy Flights ~::~

I sail away on deep blue seas

A million stars twinkle so bright

Pearly full moon, misty moonlight

 

Flowery fragrant wafting breeze

Distant presence, feelings intense

Undying hopes that never cease

 

Dreams of yonder, capture my night

I sail away on deep blue seas

~::~::~::~