Examples
ABC-
An open field
Blooming flowers
Calla lillies moving in the breeze
Dead grass is unseen
A beautiful garden blooming at the beginning of spring
Acrostic-
Thought
Happy
Intelligence
Noticable
Knowledge
Ballad-
The Loch Ness Monster
Swims stealthily
Unnoticed by many
Unbelieved by others
Yet while swimming one day
Something touched Johnnys knee
He wondered 'what could that be?'
Yet he didn't stop his play
The Loch Ness Monster
Swims stealthily
Unnoticed by many
Unbelieved by others
Johnny swam all day
For he had no reason to stop
It was the start of the swimming season!
Untill........
The Loch Ness Monster
Swims stealthily
Unnoticed by many
Unbelieved by others
Johnny suspected nothing
But he should have
Because now
The Loch Ness Monster is full
The Loch Ness Monster
Swims stealthily
Unnoticed by many
Unnbelieved by others
Ballade-
As each day passes
New things occur
Lives lost
Lives gained
Lives fixed
Lives ruined but
Life still goes on
Everyday
Problems are created
Problems are solved
Problems get closer
To getting an answer
As all this occurs
Life still goes on
Each new day
More lives are taken
More lives are gained
Problems are created
And problems are solved
But as this happens
Life still goes on
Sometimes
You want it to stop
So you can have a break
But you can't because
Life still goes on
Blank Verse-
Come with
me and
see many
things new
and old
Bio-
Surrounded by people
Who love and care
Yet still I'm hated by many
I wanted a fun life
Something new, or interesting
For me to explore
Much work
Must be done
Before play
For thats how it goes
Burlesque-
Death
For the weak
For the failed
Not for me
Death
A vacation from life
An escape
A get-a-way
Death
For those who can't
Hold on to life
For the weak
Canzone-
Once there was a man
Asked to spread
The word of God
Across the land
But he was scared
For his life
For people were unexcepting
And didn't want to hear him
He tried to escape
Runaway
On a boat
Out to sea
While at sea
A storm came
Then the man went
over board
He was then
swallowed by
A large fish
And off he went
He begged
For forgiveness
Which he was given
Carpe Diem-
Absolute freedom
No limits
No rules
Just freedom
Flying through the air
Pure perfection
Just falling
Into happiness
No boundries
No limits
Flying
Free falling
Cinquain-
Flowers
Blooming beauty
Swaying in the wind
Being beautiful as possible
Flowers
Classicism-
She has
The beauty
Girls would
Kill for
They watch her walk
Graefully
Perfectly
Followed by jealously
Her looks
Drive others
Crazy, for the desire
For them is great
Couplet-
Fish are swimming in the sea
As happy as can be
No reason to worry
No reason to hurry
They swim all day
No reason to stop play
Dramatic Monologue-
Loss
Is painful
For everyone
Think of those
Who you've lost
Forever
No easy way
To cope,
Too much saddness
Elegy
Missed forever
For he won't
Reappear
Michael Jackson
Gave a new view
To music and dance
How will our
Frture generations
live without his inspiration?
Epic-
Flying through the air
Without a care
Superman
'Till he heard
A faint scream
Off in the distance
He couldn't
Find the source
Of the scream
He searched
All day
And all night
Then he heard
The scream
Again
He found her
A young woman
Tied to a tree
Her face and eyes red,
Scars on her arms
Rope burns on her ankles and wrists
He quickly untied her
And flew into the sky
To turn back and see.....
The tree burning
To the ground
Thank Superman
Epigram-
Can you see the sky
With only one eye?
Epitaph-
Mary Larsen
Loving
Giving
Always forgiving
Epithalamium (Epithalamion)-
Together forever
Through good and bad,
With each other,
They will have someone
*Freeverse-
(will be written later)
Gahazal-
I try not to be nervous
But he is just so cute
I hear my heart beating fast
Even though I try to make it mute
I listen to his every word
My problems seem minute
Even when he talks softly
My hearing is acute
And I do my best
To get to the root
(of the heart)
Haiku-
Flowers moving in the breeze
They bloom at the start of spring
Their bright colors shine
Horation ode-
You are my friend
Forever
You help me
I help you
Iambic Pentameter-
The story
Is about
To begin
Idyll (Idyl)-
Everything is
Neat
Put in it's place
Nothing is
Messy
It's all perfect
A country in
Line
Is perfect in time
Irregular (Pseudo-Pindaric or Cowleyon) ode-
He wasn't well known
At all
He was forgotten
He just stood there
And stared
Yet once he left
Everyone claimed
They knew him
But they didn't
But I did
Italian Sonnet-
The Sun
Extremly bright
Giving us light
It is fun to play
In the Sun
The Sun sits in the sky with slight
Great height
You can also grill in the Sun!
But do not fight
There isn't enough light!
Now it's time to grab a bun
The hot dogs are done
There is no need for fright
Enjoy the light
Grab a Minute Maid
Go have fun
Remind Jeff he laid
In the Sun!
We won't grade
Your sandcastle fun
Lay-
Once upon a time
Far far away
It was against the
Rules to pray
But Daniel didn't listen
He prayed anyway
To his God
Until he was caught
He was thrown
Into the lions den
He prayed to his God
To spare his life
The next morning
A miracle happened
Daniel was alive
And well
Some then started
To believe in his God
Praying soon became
More popular
Soon it was no
Longer against
The rules
To pray
Limerick-
Have you ever wanted to be small?
And not be seen by others at all?
No one can see you
You fit in a shoe
Just seem to almost escape or fall
(off the planet)
List-
Red
Orange
Yellow
Blue
Indigo
Violet
Rainbow
Lyric-
Never have
I tried so hard
To do something
As simple
As writing poem
Memoriam stanza-
You want to win the game
Will you gain power
Or will you cower?
Maybe you'll end up in the hall of fame
Name-
Dazzling
Amazing
Neat
Intelligent
Entertaining
Loving
Narrative-
Once there
Was an elf,
Who lived
On a shelf
One day
He wanted to leave
He wanted
To feel the breeze
So one day
He jumped down
From the shelf
To the ground
But soon
He missed his shelf
So he went back to being the elf
On the shelf
Ode-
They all listen
To what I
Have to say
But still
I feel ignored
Forgetten
By those close
To me
What should I do?
Tell them off?
Leave the group?
Talk to them?
Pastoral-
Open land
Fields
Farms
Flowers
Fresh air
Clean water
Healthy plants
And animals
Living by the farm
Is an experience
That you should
Enjoy
Petrarchan-
Cats
They are quite fun
When they play in the Sun
They dont wear hats
They are wing-less bats
They fit into a bun
They like to run
They chase rats
They can be brats
You shouldn't give them a gun
Or you will be shunned
They lay on mats
And they swarm like gnats
But cats are still fun
They aren't dogs
They sometimes smell
They say 'meow'
They can't sound a bell
They don't look like a cow
Pindaric Ode-
(not written yet)
Quartrain-
Once upon a time
There was a cat and a bat
They were friends and
One day they wanted a hat
`
Rhyme-
Once there was a cat
Who was friends with a bat
And he had a hat
The cat was fat
'Cause he ate a rat
Then he laid on a mat
Rhyme Royal-
Come live with me and be my love forever
Start anew and live a better new life with me
We'll be all alone to-gether for-ever, all alone
Little city, big fun just you and me to-gether
We can start the fun parties just you and me
It will be fun just you and me all alone
Romanticism-
A night of pure perfection
A night never to be forgotten
A kiss I would kill to relive
Words
Cannot describe
The bliss I feel when I'm with you
And I'm still shaking
From the last time I saw you
I try to settle down, but I can't
I'm trying to steady my breathing
But still I can't
My heart is still beating
After the best night of my life
Rondeau-
Perfection
Why doesn't he
Understand the
Reason I love him?
It makes sense
To me
Perfection
He doesn't realize
How he looks in my eyes
He's perfect
But he doesn't know
For some reason
Perfection
His hair is so soft
He doesn't see his perfection
But I do see it
Senryu-
His hair is so soft.
He doesn't see his perfection.
But I do see it.
Sestina-
(not written yet)
Shakespearean-
(not written yet)
Shape-
I
have
never
seen a
single thing
as perfect as
a tree