Qene (also known as Qiné and Sдm əna Wдrq (wax and gold))

A Note from the Editors: We set out to lay this out with enthusiasm and excitement, having come across this genre in the Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics in the Ethiopian Poetry entry. We glossed over when the entry itself said that “the rules of this poetry are complicated and take years to master....
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25
Feb

Rhupunt

February 25, 2020
Note: In an effort to get as many forms in here as we can before April, we’re going to get a streamlined entry going here. Check back in later for more elaborate posts, including history etc. The Rhupunt (pronounced hree’-pint) is a Welsh poetry form, of the AwdlAn awdl was originally a poem of indeterminate length with a...
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10
Jun
History and Structure: SchuttelreimHistory and Structure: Schuttelreim is agreed upon to be a form of double rhyme, where the consonants of the last two stressed syllables are interchanged. It is a German verse rhyming device that’s existed since the 13th century which was once considered a serious poetic form but since the 19th century has...
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20
Apr
History: A SevenlingHistory: A Sevenling is a seven line form created by Roddy Lumsden as a teaching exercise, based on this poem written by Anna Akhmatova and translated by D M Thomas: He loved three things alone: White peacocks, evensong, Old maps of America. He hated children crying, And raspberry jam with his tea, And womanish hysteria....
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17
Mar
History:  The TerzanelleHistory:  The Terzanelle is a poetry form “invented” by Lewis Turco in 1964/1965 when, in his words, he decided to experiment with the Villanelle by adding Terza Rima to it.  Structure:  The Terzanelle is, as Turco describes it, a Villanelle written in Terza Rima. So… • 19 lines long • 5 interlocking triplets… ...
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17
Mar

ZipOde

March 17, 2022
History: Although we are not fully certain as information about where it came from is hard to come by, the ZipOdeHistory: Although we are not fully certain as information about where it came from is hard to come by, the ZipOde seems to have been invented by O, Miami and WLRN to celebrate April, Poetry Month,...
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