History
The Pleiades was invented in 1999 by Craig Tigerman, Sol Magazine’s Lead Editor.
Structure:
- Only one word is allowed in the title
- a single seven line stanza
- a variation on an acrosticHistory This is a fun poetic form and, precisely for that, it is in many cases how we are introduced to poetry in grade school. There is something in a child’s mind about secret messages… Acrostics have a long and distinguished history. You can find it back in the prophecies of the Erithraean Sibyl (that, by the way, were where... More, each line begins with the same letter as the title
- Hortensia Anderson added a requirement of restricting the line length to six syllables.
Source:
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/pleiades.html
http://sol-magazine-projects.org/sol/poetryforms.htm#pleiadesHistory The Pleiades was invented in 1999 by Craig Tigerman, Sol Magazine's Lead Editor. Structure: • Only one word is allowed in the title • a single seven line stanza • a variation on an acrostic, each line begins with the same letter as the title • Hortensia Anderson added a requirement of restricting the line length to six syllables. Source:... More