Ark Aardvark Alas, Adam’s atrocities annoyed an Almighty. Announcing annihilation an apologetic all-powerful advised an accomplice, ‘Assemble an ark, and allow all animals aboard.’ ‘All animals? Altogether?’ asked an amazed assistant. ‘All animals and associates!’ announced an anxious Ancient, adding, ‘Alphabetically arranged.’ Accessing ancient architectural ability an artisan assembled appropriate accommodation. An ancient aardvark, alias … Continue reading #TheWombwellRainbow #Poeticformschallenge last week was a #Tautogram. Enjoy examples by Ian Richardson, Tim Fellows and Jane Dougherty and read how they felt when writing one.

Field ghost The warm night air was rose perfumed low grasses felt a vixens tread above the hill, moon’s silver bloomed a dormouse crouched, undone by dread. A crowd of tiny beings fled beneath the bane of feathered arc of grasping talons, chalk-white head a bright death wafting through the dark. How Did It Go? … Continue reading #TheWombwellRainbow #Poeticformschallenge last week was a #Huitain. Enjoy examples by Tim Fellows, Jane Dougherty, Robert Frede Kenter and Lesley Curwen and read how they felt when writing one.

Guidelines for the huitain: 8-line stanza ababbcbc rhyme scheme Usually 8 to 10 syllables per line My thanks again to writers digest  for this information Helpful Links https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/690-the-ballade-family-of-forms-including-huitain-dizain-chant-royal/   Huitain Poem Type Huitain

A poem for Robert How a song, a piano, harmonica or guitar lifts the bleak, dejected afternoon; thrills, imparting joy as our precious bond. How Did It Go? Almost every day Robert Frede Kenter shares a musical interlude with us on Twitter (frequently more than one). Sometimes I hum along to old favourites, but often … Continue reading #TheWombwellRainbow #Poeticformschallenge last week was #MathsPoetry. Enjoy examples by Marian Christie, Robert Frede Kenter, Lesley Curwen, Tim Fellows and Jane Dougherty and read how they felt when writing one.

One of the main exponents of maths poetry is eminent poet Marian Christie. On her blog she has posted in depth examinations of various kinds of this form. Here are her links: Poetry and Mathematics Intersections – Poetry, Mathematics and JoAnne Growney Mathematical forms in poetry 1: the Fibonacci poem Mathematical forms in poetry 2: … Continue reading TheWombwellRainbow #PoeticFormsChallenge. It is weekly. Week Twenty Six form is #MathsPoetry. I will post the challenge to create a first draft of a poetic form by the following late Sunday. Please email your first draft to me, including an updated short, third person bio and a short prose piece about the challenges you faced and how you overcame them. Except when I’m working at the supermarket I am always ready to help those that get stuck. I will blog my progress throughout the week. Hopefully it may help the stumped. Also below please find links to helpful websites.

Proposal to a logical woman Have a heart he said. She wondered whose. Was he offering his own, bound in scarlet ribbon or demanding hers. Take your time he said, which sounded generous but time was never his to give, she thought and turned him down. How did It Go? It was really interesting to … Continue reading #TheWombwellRainbow #Poeticformschallenge last week was a #IdiomaticPoetry. Enjoy examples by Tim Fellows, Lesley Curwen and Jane Dougherty and read how they felt when writing one.

  Idiom poems are poems that contain idioms. Idioms are phrases that are commonly used and have a figurative meaning, which means they have another meaning than what the words typically mean. Idiom poems can rhyme or not rhyme, be short or long, and can be written about anything.   Helpful Links Idioms in Poetry https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/words-and-their-stories-american-versus-british-english/3397694.html … Continue reading #TheWombwellRainbow #PoeticFormsChallenge. It is weekly. Week Twenty-Five is #IdiomaticPoetry. I will post the challenge to create a first draft of a poetic form by the following late Sunday. Please email your first draft to me, including an updated short, third person bio and a short prose piece about the challenges you faced and how you overcame them. Except when I’m working at the supermarket I am always ready to help those that get stuck. I will blog my progress throughout the week. Hopefully it may help the stumped. Also below please find links to helpful websites.

  Idiom poems are poems that contain idioms. Idioms are phrases that are commonly used and have a figurative meaning, which means they have another meaning than what the words typically mean. Idiom poems can rhyme or not rhyme, be short or long, and can be written about anything.   Helpful Links Idioms in Poetry https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/words-and-their-stories-american-versus-british-english/3397694.html … Continue reading #TheWombwellRainbow #PoeticFormsChallenge. It is weekly. Week Twenty-fifth form is #Idiomaticpoetry. I will post the challenge to create a first draft of a poetic form by the following late Sunday. Please email your first draft to me, including an updated short, third person bio and a short prose piece about the challenges you faced and how you overcame them. Except when I’m working at the supermarket I am always ready to help those that get stuck. I will blog my progress throughout the week. Hopefully it may help the stumped. Also below please find links to helpful websites.

Lost stars The spirits of deep sea creatures weep in jars of embalming juice. Wave-roar of long-dead ocean tides vibrating in pale fleshed corpses. The bright lights of museums hide the spirits of deep sea creatures whose lives were blind to sun and moon laced in dark of endless fathoms, seas despoiled by heat and … Continue reading #TheWombwellRainbow #Poeticformschallenge last week was a #Quatern. Enjoy examples by Tim Fellows, Yvonne Marjot, Jenny Brav, Robert Frede Kenter, Jane Dougherty and Ian Richardson read how they felt when writing one.

Quatern Rules This poem has 16 lines broken up into 4 quatrains (or 4-line stanzas). Each line is comprised of eight syllables. The first line is the refrain. In the second stanza, the refrain appears in the second line; in the third stanza, the third line; in the fourth stanza, the fourth (and final) line. … Continue reading #TheWombwellRainbow #PoeticFormsChallenge. It is weekly. Week TwentyFour form is a #Quatern. I will post the challenge to create a first draft of a poetic form by the following late Sunday. Please email your first draft to me, including an updated short, third person bio and a short prose piece about the challenges you faced and how you overcame them. Except when I’m working at the supermarket I am always ready to help those that get stuck. I will blog my progress throughout the week. Hopefully it may help the stumped. Also below please find links to helpful websites.