For National Poetry Month this year, I am writing poems in uncommon, unusual, or inventive poetic forms. The only rule I have set for myself is that I choose forms I am unfamiliar with. Here are some of the resources I am referencing.
- 20+ Different (& Wild!) Poetry Forms for Inspiration
- A Strange Poetry
- Refrigerator, Blackout, And Other Radical Poetry Forms
- Experimental Poetry Forms
- Shadow Poetry (See invented forms)
- 20 Fun Poem Types (You've Probably Never Heard Of)
Today I'm sharing a chain verse poem.
A chain verse poem repeats the last word or syllable of a line with the first word or syllable of the next line. You can learn more about this form at Poetry Magnum Opus.
birds soar through the endless sky
sky echoes with their vibrant calls
calls that dance on gentle winds
winds carry them to distant lands
lands where sunlit trees await
await their songs at dawn's first light
Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2025. All rights reserved.
I hope you come back tomorrow to see what new poetic form I've chosen. You can also read the other poems I've written this month.
- April 1 - Quinzaine
- April 2 - Preposition poem
- April 3 - Lipogram poem
- April 4 - Venn diagram poem
- April 5 - Punnett poem
- April 6 - Bingo card poem
- April 7 - Assembly diagram poem
- April 8 - Brevette
- April 9 - Pleiades
- April 10 - Clarity Pyramid
- April 11 - Poetry Fortune Teller
- April 12 - Rictameter
- April 13 - Prisoner's constraint poem
- April 14 - Acronymic poem
- April 15 - Algol poem
- April 16 - Tetractys poem
- April 17 - Tyburn
- April 18 - Univocal poem
To see what others are writing this month, check out Jama Rattigan's 2025 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup.
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