Created in 1990 by two cousins, rictameter is a nine line poetry form in which the 1st and last lines are the same. The syllable count is 2/4/6/8/10/8/6/4/2.
You can learn more about this relatively young form at Wikipedia, or read some examples at Shadow Poetry.
I hope you'll join me this week in writing a poem in the form of rictameter. Please share a link to your poem or the poem itself in the comments.
seashell
ReplyDeletelost from the waves
posed like a piece of art
on my dresser, shining softly
like a temple in a moonlit jungle
pristine as porcelain except
inside the deepest curl
a scrap of snail
seashell
—Kate Coombs, 2013
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Bar none:
ReplyDeleteOf all phrases,
This. With no exceptions.
Without omitting anyone
Or anything. Follows an assertion.
To all others of the same type,
Used for comparison.
This is the one,
Bar none.
—Steven Withrow, 2013
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MOTHER’S WINGMAN
ReplyDeleteMother:
Bone sick in bed.
Today I’m her wingman.
Shades closed, noise zapped, sweet dreams.
She wakes up to soup, vitamins, a smile.
When it comes to love, you
Only have one
Mother.
(c) Charles Waters 2013 all rights reserved.