Lento

Lento

This form is created by Lencio Dominic Rodrigues.   It consists of two quatrains with a fixed rhyme scheme of abcb, defe All the FIRST words of each verse should rhyme, but the first words of both stanzas must not rhyme. The end lines, however, must follow the rhyme...

Epulae Ryu – Examples

Raw Mango Pickle with Curd Rice The tangy, sliced raw mangoes, Mixed with salt, hing and Chilli powder, drenched with a Liberal share of Gingelly oil, paired with curd rice Wow!! Puttu Kadala Damp rice flour and coconut Alternately placed In tall, slender, cylinder,...
Epulae Ryu

Epulae Ryu

This style is developed by Joseph Spence, Sr. and is all about delicious food.    – > Write seven lines with thirty-three (33) syllables (7/5/7/5/5/3/1);  – > Rhymed or unrhymed;  – > Ends in exclamation point expressing the writer’s...
Indeed a Bliss !!

Indeed a Bliss !!

The days filled with laughter,  Sans any worries.  Running to parents for very minute things,  Oh! How much I miss.  Childhood was indeed a bliss.    Playing with the raindrops,  Floating the paperboats,  And splashing the puddles Oh! How much I miss.  Childhood...
Petrichor – An Acrostic

Petrichor – An Acrostic

Pleasing smell of the Earth, so naked and naïve.  Tantalizing the olfactory nerves,  Reassuring the onset of the rain.  Intoxicating the poet who’s Clouded with thoughts,  Hallucinating all the nature lovers,  Oh! Indeed a bliss it is and Rightly called the...