NPM 2025 - Poem 21

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 an AI Chat poem.
I'm sure there's a definition of AI generated poetry out there, but this poem grew out of an attempt to have a poetic conversation with AI. I'm not sure it was successful, but this is what I've got. I have edited some of the text from the chatbot, as it is a bit wordy if your prompt doesn't restrict its word length.

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
• April 19 - Chain verse poem
• April 20 - Vocabularyclept poem

To see what others are writing this month, check out  Jama Rattigan's 2025 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup.           

NPM 2025 - Poem 20

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 Vocabularyclept poem.
A vocabularyclept poem is created by taking a poet’s existing poem and rearranging the words to create a completely new poem. I took the first stanza from the Jack Prelutsky poem Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens, alphabetized the words, and used them to write a new poem. I didn't add any new words, but did allow myself to repeat words as needed. 

Chickens in My Head

on my bed

my pillow

on my pillow

my head

in my pillow

chicken feathers

in my bed

I dreamed

there, there

I dreamed 

about chickens

they were

hopping

nesting

pecking

ruffling

standing

everywhere

there, there

my hair standing up

my stomach hopping

I dreamed

of chickens 

as their heads

raced my head

there, there

last night I dreamed

of chickens

Poem by Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2025.

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
• April 19 - Chain verse poem

To see what others are writing this month, check out  Jama Rattigan's 2025 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup.          

NPM 2025 - Poem 19

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.          

NPM 2025 - Poem 18

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 Univocal poem.
A univocal poem is one that uses only ONE vowel throughout the piece, restricting the use of all other vowels.  You can learn more about this form at Discovering Oulipo and The Freedom of Constrained Writing. I chose the topic of birds and the letter i, so the letters a, e, o, u, and y were off limits.

birds in flight

in whitish mist,

wind's crisp kiss

wings lift, drift

flit in bliss,

birds' chirps ring

sing! sing!

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

To see what others are writing this month, check out  Jama Rattigan's 2025 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup.      

I hope you'll take some time to check out all the wonderful poetic things being shared and collected today by Jone Rush MacCulloch. Happy Poetry Friday friends.   

NPM 2025 - Poem 17

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 tyburn.
A tyburn is a six-line poem with 26 syllables. The first four lines are 2 syllables each, with the last two lines are 9 syllable each. The first four lines are descriptive words and should rhyme. The last two lines rhyme and incorporate the first, second, third, and fourth lines as the 5th through 8th syllables. You can learn more about this form at Shadow Poetry.

I'm in mourning over the fact that I sold my Mini on Sunday. I will miss it terribly. It's been a great little car. Consider this tyburn an ode to the car.

Little Red Car

speedy

sporty

zippy

flashy

highway passing, speedy, sporty drive,

zippy, flashy, gleefully alive

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

To see what others are writing this month, check out  Jama Rattigan's 2025 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup.          

NPM 2025 - Poem 16

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 tetractys poem.
The tetractys is the geometrical representation of the fourth triangular number. It is a triangular figure consisting of ten points arranged in four rows: one, two, three, and four points in each row. A poem in this form has five lines with 20 syllables arranged in a pattern of 1, 2, 3, 4, 10. You can learn more about this form at Shadow Poetry.

Bloom!

petals

unfurling

colors burst forth

awakening spring with a fragrant breath

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

To see what others are writing this month, check out  Jama Rattigan's 2025 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup.         

NPM 2025 - Poem 15

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 an Algol poem.
Algol poetry is a form of code poetry. Algol is the acronym for Algorithmic Oriented Language, a computer language invented in 1960. It originally consisted of 24 words. Algol poems are written using these words of code. True code poetry actually runs as an executable program. I don't know if this would actually run, but my goal wasn't to write code poetry in a format resembling code with significant constraints. I learned about this form in The Oulipo Compendium, a library book I'd like to keep forever.

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

To see what others are writing this month, check out  Jama Rattigan's 2025 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup.         

NPM 2025 - Poem 14

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 an Acronymic poem.
An acronymic poem is a verse in which the letters of a given word furnish the initials of the words used in every line. You can read more about this form at A Strange Poetry. For my poem I chose the word bat and wrote a poem about bats where the three words in each line begin with b- then a- then t-. 

bats awaken twilight
boomeranging across treetops
bewitching ascendent trajectory

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

To see what others are writing this month, check out  Jama Rattigan's 2025 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup.        

NPM 2025 - Poem 13

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 Prisoner's Constraint poem.
A prisoner's constraint poem is an exercise in restricted writing. The only rule is that words in the poem may not contain letters with ascenders or descenders. This means words with the letters b, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, p, q, t, and/or y are NOT ALLOWED. You can learn more about this form at Typographical Orthography.

waves 

suss, suss, suss

susurrus

rise, run

rise, run

ocean morn

sun rise

air warms

come sea

come see

Poems ©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

To see what others are writing this month, check out  Jama Rattigan's 2025 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup.       

NPM 2025 - Poem 12

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 Rictameter.
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 form at Shadow Poetry.

Lucky

number seven,

four-leaf clovers, horseshoes

crickets, ladybugs, dragonflies

rainbows, falling stars, wishing wells, coins in

a fountain—not superstitions,

but dreams. Make one big wish.

Maybe you’ll get

lucky.

Poems ©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

To see what others are writing this month, check out  Jama Rattigan's 2025 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup.      

NPM 2025 - Poem 11

Welcome Poetry Friday friends.

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 Poetry Fortune Teller.
Have you ever made a cootie catcher? Growing up, I knew this as a fortune teller. If you've never folded one, here is a quick video on how to do it.

Inspired by Cootie Catcher by Leila Chatti, I've created my own poetry fortune teller. For the phrases under the flaps, I mined Linda Mitchell's clunkers lists. I followed the rules from Chatti's work to generate a few poems.  

To create your poem, pick (or have someone else pick!) a color. Write this down on a spare piece of paper. Then spell the color out, opening and closing the cootie catcher for each letter and alternating the direction each time (up and down/side to side). Once you finish spelling out the word, you should have it open to four nouns. Pick one, write it down on your paper, then spell out the word just as you did with the color. You’ll see four nouns again. Pick one, write that noun down on your paper, then open up the flap. Write that phrase down on your paper. You’ve got yourself a mini poem!

I’m not sure how you construct one of these so that every possible combination makes sense. Maybe that's where the real poetry lies. Here are two that seemed to work. 

gray cloud

light

reaching for the sun

i break free

crimson anger

hope

i just need to sit

with a poem

Poems ©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

To see what others are writing this month, check out  Jama Rattigan's 2025 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup.      

I do hope you'll take some time to check out all the wonderful poetic things being shared and collected today by Irene Latham at Live Your Poem. Happy Poetry Friday friends.   

NPM 2025 - Poem 10

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's poem is a Clarity Pyramid.
A clarity pyramid is a poem consisting of two triplets and a single line (7 lines in all). The first triplet contains the title (first word) and synonyms for that word. The first 3 lines are 1, 2, and 3 syllables. The second triplet provides a bit of information about the topic and the lines are 5, 6, and 7 syllables. The final line is 8 syllables, is included in quotations, and provides a definition for the title word. Phew! That's a lot to think about. You can learn more about the form at Shadow Poetry.

BLUE
downcast
depressed

worries fill her mind
darkness smothers the light
hope feels like a distant dream

“drowning in a sea of sorrow”

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

To see what others are writing this month, check out  Jama Rattigan's 2025 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup.        

NPM 2025 - Poem 9

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's poem is Pleiades.
The pleiades is a seven-line poem with a one-word title.  The first word in each line begins with the same letter as the title. Each line has six syllables. There was no indication of whether this form should rhyme or not, so I chose my own rhyme scheme (ababccd). You can learn more about the form at Shadow Poetry.

Spring
Seedlings break through hard frost
sunshine kisses cold ground, 
soon winter’s chill is lost
soft grasses rise unbound
symphonies of birds
sing praises without words
spring murmurs through the skies

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

To see what others are writing this month, check out  Jama Rattigan's 2025 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup.       

NPM 2025 - Poem 8

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's poem is Brevette.
A brevette is a three word poem that consists of a subject (noun), verb, and object (noun), in this exact order. The verb shows an ongoing action, which is demonstrated by spacing out the letters in the verb. You can learn more about this form at Shadow Poetry. I've cheated a bit and created a series of linked brevettes to make one longer poem.

moon
r a d i a t e s
light

light

e c l i p s e s

dark

dark

d i m i n i s h e s

faith

faith

k i n d l e s

hope

hope

i n s p i r e s

compassion

compassion

c o n n e c t s

humanity

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

To see what others are writing this month, check out  Jama Rattigan's 2025 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup.      

NPM 2025 - Poem 7

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's poem is an  Assembly Diagram poem.
An assembly diagram poem is written in and around the images of assembly instructions. I've totally invented this name, so consider it an illustrated poem with particular images. I was inspired by the poem How Clear the Cut by Anney Bolgiano. The diagram comes from the instructions for the iconic IKEA Billy bookcase. You may have to click this one to enlarge and read.

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

To see what others are writing this month, check out  Jama Rattigan's 2025 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup.     

NPM 2025 - Poem 6

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's poem is a  Bingo Card poem.
A  Bingo card poem is written in the squares of a Bingo board. My poem was modeled on the poem Feti's Border Crossing by Alan Michael Parker. In his description of the poem he says this:

“Bingo card poems highlight the simultaneity of experience, even though only some of the experiences may come true, since there are so many ways to get Bingo, and not every square will be ‘called.’ Here, my protagonist is trying to cross a border and see her kids, and feeling profiled, the racism of the situation in every storyline. Feti speaks, thinks, hears, and imagines—everything all at once, the impossible made possible by the Bingo card form. And everything matters, because it all happens to Feti and so many others every day.”

I started thinking about these ideas as they relate to teaching, that simultaneity of thoughts, feelings, and experiences that teachers have, and decided to try this form. Pick a column, row, or diagonal and see where it goes.

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

To see what others are writing this month, check out  Jama Rattigan's 2025 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup.    

NPM 2025 - Poem 5

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's poem is a Punnett poem.
A  punnett poem is a 9-line poem about a biological topic based on the ratios in a Punnett Square. The guidelines are:

• 9-lines
• word count per line is 1-2-1-2-4-2-1-2-1
• unrhymed
• the first line (word) of the poem must be a part of, or offspring of, the last line (word)
• center justified

This form was invented by Marc Arnts, who created it for a contest where he was charged with devising a form based on his occupation (biology teacher). 

buds

spring open

in

sunlight’s warmth

new life blooms on

every branch

colors

riot on

trees

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

To see what others are writing this month, check out  Jama Rattigan's 2025 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup.