Monday, October 21, 2013

Monday Poetry Stretch - 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 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.

3 comments:

  1. seashell
    lost 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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  2. Bar none:
    Of 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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  3. MOTHER’S WINGMAN
    Mother:
    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.

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