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.
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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.
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