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.
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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.
"sunshine kisses cold ground,"
ReplyDeleteI love this so much. As a Buffalo girl, you know how much it means. My zillions of daffodils await those sunkisses....