Some new poetry forms that will prompt and enhance writing poetry .
I’d like to present here 5 new poetry structures .
The first is called the semetric form and the focus is on repeating the words used in each line .
The poem is broken up into two parts with the each section being a mirrored replica of itself and continues to the finish of the poem
Structure 1
Semetric Form
My Examples
From Here To There
By Paul McCann
A lifetime spend on bended knee ,
On bended knee a lifetime spent .
I beg of thee turn and repent ,
Turn and repent I beg of thee .
We leave behind this mortal life .
This mortal life we leave behind
In shades of time all will be mine .
All will be mine in shades of time .
Glory Be Praised
By Paul McCann
I am alive because of him .
Because of him I am alive .
Man cannot live on bread alone .
On bread alone man cannot survive .
I’m nourished by the living word .
The living word I’m nourished by .
They shall not die who ever hears .,
Who ever hears they shall not die .
We shall be raised on the last day .
On the last day we shall we raised .
Your name be praised forever Lord.
Forever Lord your name be praised .
Before the night there is the dawn .
There is a dawn before the night .
With all my might I love thee Lord
I love thee Lord with all my might .
Structure 2
Stepladder Form
By Paul McCann
This is a style I created that employs syllable count .
The syllable count in the first line of the poem doubles up in the second and continues to double up to a point in the poem where the doubling up stops and dividing in half begins to the end of the poem . The last word in each line should rhyme with the previous line .
My Example
Where Rivers Run
By Paul McCann
Sheet rain
Fell down again ,
On the other side of the road.
Gardens were watered and on houses blocked gutters had overflowed .
The rain never stopped for days and somewhere a river rose and flooded a town that was completely cut off and still the river ran .
Cars were washed away like toys in the flow that had widened its span .
Meanwhile cars drove fast through our town .
They don’t slow down .
You know ?
No .
Structure 3
Letterspeak
By Paul McCann
With this form choose any one word topic or theme .
Then use each consecutive letter in the theme or topic to describe the various aspects to the theme .
My Examples
Letters in Love
By Paul McCann
How does one spell love .
L are for lips to be kissed ,
O is for a good sound .
V is very nice ,
E doesn’t mean it must end .
And that’s the love I’ve found .
What’s In The Wind
By Paul McCann
How does one spell wind .
W is for the whoosh it makes and
I is for what’s incoming with it .
N is the nature of its character and
D is for where it domains
in and after its flit .
Structure 4
Line Down (by Paul McCann)
With this form each consecutive word on the first line of the poem is the beginning word of every other line in the poem .
My Example
Coming Out Of The Cave
by Paul McCann
There was a man who lived in a dark cave .
Was he hiding or was he in his grave ?
A saint or a hermit or a caveman .
Man had knowledge . He was part of a plan .
Who left the cave ? We did , before our birth .
Lived and loved just for a while here on earth .
In time we evolved and now we are here .
A spiritual world is ever so near .
Dark to the night and lost with insight .
Cave creatures coming back into the light .
By Paul McCann
Structure 5
Vowel-In (By Paul McCann)
The basic rule to this structure is that each consecutive word in poem has to being with each consecutive vowel from A to U until the end of the poem .
The vowel letters can be repeated numerous times in the poem .
My Example
Speak Uneasy
By Paul McCann
An English Intelligence Officer Underwent An Extensive Interrogation On Using Alliteration .
Eventually Instead Of Understanding Adjacent Evidence In Oral Undertones And Expressions ,
It Outspoke Ultimatums .
The End
This ends this presentation of new poetry structures .
Lets not say goodbye but hello .
