Dawn Slanker Poems

The luc bat is a Vietnamese form of poetry. It means simply 'six eight' due to its pattern of syllables per line: 6,8,6,8,6,8, etc. It can be as long or as short as you'd like, but what really makes this form interesting is the rhyming structure in which the sixth syllable of every eight-syllable line rhymes with the last syllable of the six-syllable line before it, which in turn rhymes with the eighth syllable of the eight-syllable line before it. When the end of the poem is reached, the last line jumps back and rhymes with the first. In other words, the syllables go like this:

* * * * * a
* * * * * a * b
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The rondeau is a three-stanza poem consisting of approximately ten to fifteen lines total, generally with either eight syllables per line or ten. Its distinctive features are the use of only two rhymes throughout the entire poem and a half-line refrain which begins the first stanza's first line and forms the entirety of the second and third stanza's last lines. The rhyme scheme varies with the number of lines. A typical rhyme scheme for a fifteen-line rondeau is aabba aabC aabbaC, where C represents the first half of the rondeau's first line. The refrain does not rhyme with anything else in the poem.

Spirited from the Guf
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My Undecided Muse

My muse, she is a fickle bird
her songs stretch far and wide.
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Old Love

What love means to me is
a partnership of trust,
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In The Garden

Upon Spring's birth, Winter's death.
Seeds and eggs and babes abound.
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My Muse Hates Me.

I look...
In this blank screen,
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A quatern has four stanzas, each of which has four lines. Each line contains eight syllables. It does not have to rhyme, but it does follow a specific pattern of line repetition: the first stanza's first line is repeated as the second stanza's second line, the third stanza's third, and the final stanza's fourth.


Worth
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I wrote this in response to a challenge to take a popular nursery rhyme and make it as technical as possible while keeping it poetic. Anyhow, this was my solution. However, I was sad to find out that this nursery rhyme had already been done and is quite well known. Regardless, it was still loads of fun to write...you should try one :)

(My Version)
Scintillate, scintillate miniscule self-luminous celestial quintessence
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The Partenza Represa is an original form created by Dawn Slanker. It contains any number of four line stanzas which can rhyme or not rhyme depending on preference. The most important features of this form is that it maintains a strict syllable line count of your choosing: 8*6*8*6,8*8*8*8,10*10*10*10...etc. And, each line must begin (anywhere you like) with the last portion of the line before it. Also, it's important to point out that you have the option of either continuing the first line of each stanza with a refrain from the line before it or you may choose to begin an entirely new line for each stanza. (Try one, I think you'll like it :)

A Celestial Affair
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A Partenza Represa ©2008 is a form original to this poem. It just seemed to develope as I was writing and with the help of a talented friend, I was able to tighten up the form and improve the flow. The Partenza Represa contains any number of four line stanzas which can rhyme or not rhyme depending on preference. The most important features of this form is that it maintains a strict syllable line count of your choosing: 8*6*8*6,8*8*8*8,10*10*10*10...etc. And, each line must begin (anywhere you like) with the last portion of the line before it. Also, it's important to point out that you can either continue the beginning of each stanza with a refrain or you may choose to begin a new line. Let me know if you like it...or don't :)


Original version: This one was for when my little one entered preschool. (some have mentioned that they prefer this one) Would you mind telling me which you refer?
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