Find your poetry style

As a free verse poet I wanted to broaden my
writing, so I decided to take a look at the different styles of poetry.  There
is a time in every artist life when we must develop new knowledge. Poetry is
pretty diverse and there are many different styles and many different ways to
teach those styles. So I mustered up the courage and I tried out different
styles of poetry. 



In this article we will cover ten different styles of poetry. We will look at
acrostic, cinquain, Letter, Triolet, Toungue Twisters, Couplet,
ghazal, Quatrain,
Epiphany, Limerick.
Now let
us try your pen at these different styles.


Acrostic Poetry

An acrostic poem has to be one of
the simplest poems that I found to write. You start with putting the letters of
the word you have chosen for your subject down the side of your page. Then you
go to each letter and think of a sentence that starts with that letter. Here is
an example of a acrostic poem that I have written in this format.


RoseMarie


Reflections
of life

On passion shores

Surrender myself to thee

Embraced by warms arms

Moonlight lovely my Rose

A toast to our Life

Rose my destiny

Intimate moments and melodies

Endless love begins with you RoseMarie


Cinquain Poetry

Cinquain poetry is fun and it allows
one to be creative. A cinquain is a five line poem. It follows this pattern



Line 1:

one word

(subject or noun)

Line 2:

two words

(adjectives) that describe line 1

Line 3:

three words

(action verbs) that relate to line 1

Line 4:

four words

(A complete sentence) that relates to line 1

Line 5:

one word

(synonym of line 1 or a word that sums it up)


Cinquain poetry was invited in
America by Adelaide Crapsey. A young poet who died to soon. She contracted
tuberculosis and died at the age of 36. Below is an example of a Cinquain poetry
written by me.


Husband

faithful, strong

Caring, compassionate, courageous

A hero among boys

-Friend


Triolet Poem

A French verse form of eight lines
with this rhyme scheme:


A

B

a - Rhymes with 1st line.

A - Identical to 1st line.

a - Rhymes with 1st line.

b - Rhymes with 2nd line.

A - Identical to 1st line.

B - Identical to 2nd line




Examples of triolet Poem can be found in the late 13th century and were usually
about love. Take for example the following that I have written.


Wind beneath my wings


Misty eye memories of you come to
mind

You are the wind beneath my wings

So much of you I thought I would forget

Misty eye memories of you come to mind

I see the shadow of your silhouette

A hold of you I forever cling

Misty eye memories of you come to mind

You are the wind beneath my wings


Toungue Twisters

Toungue twisters were they made for
no other reason than to twist your tongue? Short little poems like the
traditional one of Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore told a story. Let me
try this.



Juvenile Jacob James jokes joyfully jumping jacks

Johnny Jiggs joins Jacob and they jump jacks

Jiving joyfully Jacob and Johnny jump jacks
Couplet

A couplet is a pair of lines
of poetry that are usually rhymed. Some poems, like the famous