List: Form Poetry

I love form poetry, the rhyme and rhythm are a challenge to write, and each one has its own character. Villanelles are my favorite.

  • Planetary Dream (villanelle)
    a lovely vision riding in the height,
    were never planets seen so large and bright.
    25 lines, 15 comments, on May 29 8:33 PM 2004. In Personal
  • A Villanelle Tutorial
    The first line makes a sweet refrain,
    the third repeats its thought again.
    25 lines, 30 comments, on Feb 14 7:47 AM 2005. In Humor
  • Dear Lord, We Grieve (Rondeau)
    Dear Lord, we grieve that she has gone,
    her span of years so short, yet done.
    19 lines, 24 comments, on Feb 23 7:14 AM 2005. In Sad, Spiritual
  • Nay, Do Not Grieve
    Nay, do not grieve tho' life be full of sadness,
    Dawn will not veil her splendour for your grief
    11 lines, 27 comments, on Oct 14 5:38 PM 2005. In Hope
  • A Ghost Story
    A ghost who rattles chains in dark of night
    this one was not, it uttered not a sigh
    23 lines, 39 comments, on Jan 19 8:39 AM 2006. In Weird
  • A Marriage Wreath
    We married though they thought us very young,
    so young we had to firmly make a point
    21 lines, 28 comments, on Jan 19 9:24 PM 2006. In Personal, Love
  • A Cloudy Day
    A cloudy day has dawned with rays
    of gold and red, the sun ablaze
    21 lines, 54 comments, on Apr 12 4:37 PM 2006. In Sad, Humor
  • Radiant (for Maatkara)
    She's radiant, inspiring awe,
    her beauty seen without a flaw.
    22 lines, 17 comments, on May 2 10:18 PM 2006. In Spiritual, Love
  • The Christmas Rose
    the shepherd maiden wept unseen, forlorn.
    In chill of winter, she had found no rose
    16 lines, 17 comments, on Dec 25 3:29 PM 2006. In Inspirational
  • Small Doses
    And didn't I always wish her well,
    and put a pillow 'neath her head
    26 lines, 31 comments, on Jan 5 6:29 AM 2007. In Dark, Fantasy
  • The Key
    The key to lasting happiness is this,
    to know and love oneself with open eyes;
    20 lines, 26 comments, on Jan 6 8:39 AM 2007. In Hope, Life
  • The Tune is Happy
    Waking up, I haven't many aches,
    just the usual, and that must be good.
    24 lines, 13 comments, on Jan 6 12:00 PM 2007. In Life, Hope, Happy
  • As Evening Comes
    The sinking of the sun portends
    a day to come, this never ends.
    19 lines, 20 comments, on Jan 15 10:33 AM 2007. In Sad, Society, Hope
  • Burns' Rhyme
    "Rabbie" was of Scottish birth,
    a farmer's son he came to earth,
    44 lines, 27 comments, on Jan 23 2:18 AM 2007. In Humor, History
  • Love Not Desire
    villanelle
    23 lines, 34 comments, on Feb 15 2:02 AM 2007. In Thoughts
  • Evening Falls in Kyiv
    a warm half moon winks in the eastern sky / the clouds of afternoon have left it clear
    46 lines, 29 comments, on Jun 25 11:08 PM 2007. In Life, Sestina
  • Chartres
    The Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres
    15 lines, 19 comments, on Sep 2 4:00 AM 2007. In Spiritual, Hope, Rondel
  • It Will All Come True
    The hardness of the sky upon that day
    will be as rubies, that day you will grieve
    27 lines, 28 comments, on Sep 12 9:58 AM 2007. In glosa, Goodbyes
  • Enlightenment
    I'd never seen this clear internal light
    in faces seen so frequently before
    22 lines, 10 comments, on Sep 22 7:19 AM 2007. In Thoughts, pantoum, Spiritual
  • Treachery
    Envy has a human brain
    And Jealousy a human face.
    28 lines, 15 comments, on Sep 23 12:33 PM 2007. In Society, glosa
  • Tenzing and Hillary
    Hold your heads up high,
    let nothing mean defeat;
    10 lines, 13 comments, on Oct 26 1:08 PM 2007. In Hope
  • Smiles for Ron
    a triolet
    A smile is a meaningful gift,
    14 lines, 10 comments, on Nov 18 5:30 AM 2007. In Humor, Love
  • You Will See Her Beauty
    Look past her gray and thinning hair,
    past spectacles that hide her eyes,
    26 lines, 27 comments, on Nov 23 7:02 AM 2007. In Life, Love
  • O Holy Night
    O holy night, the stars are brightly shining,
    tonight we watch the moon ascend in silence
    20 lines, 12 comments, on Dec 5 10:14 AM 2007. In Christmas
  • William's Christmas Tree
    They said that thing's a Christmas tree,
    as they brought it through the door -
    25 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 10 12:34 PM 2007. In Contest, Villanelle
  • On Christmas Eve
    On Christmas Eve, I think of all my friends, the young and old, and everyone who spends
    22 lines, 13 comments, on Dec 24 6:44 AM 2007. In Spiritual, Personal
  • The villanelle
    The villanelle has two refrains
    which alternate in every verse,
    25 lines, 9 comments, on Feb 20 3:04 PM. In Contest
  • Magnolia Shade
    The memory will never fade
    of roses grown in mountain sun,
    26 lines, 30 comments, on Mar 4 5:16 AM. In Memories, Villanelle
  • Regrets
    11. Remember me when I am dead
    17 lines, 16 comments, on Mar 20 3:17 AM. In Life, Sad, Contest
  • Villanelle for Ron
    In troubled times, maintain good cheer,
    do nothing that you would regret,
    25 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 31 1:01 PM. In Life, Thoughts, Hope
  • The AP Contest Host
    repost, terzanelle
    29 lines, 12 comments, on Apr 18 1:02 PM. In Humor

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