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Summer Vibes

Summer Vibes

  Sun shining down the horizon,  Fun is intended during the day,  None can stop the joyous banter Run do they, in merriment and gay.    Friends, as they come together,  Transcends happiness all around,  Sends vibes so positive and  Intends to bring in joy...

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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...

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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,...

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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 excitement about the...

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Can’t Forget !!!

Can’t Forget !!!

Raghav was a busy doctor who specialized in oncology. He had an unique charm that appealed to his patients and relaxed them even in pain.  One day, he was on  his usual rounds, when a painful voice startled him.  He went in the direction of the sound and saw a fragile...

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Tercet

Tercet

A tercet is a stanza of poetry with three lines; it can be a single-stanza poem or it can be a verse embedded in a larger poem. A tercet can have several rhyme schemes, or might not have any lines of poetry that rhyme at all. The poets use minimal language to convey...

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Memories

Memories

Faiz, was on the Indian leg of his research on the noted prisons of the world. The Indian prison that he visited was the Kalapani. The sight of the cellular jail sent shivers down his spine. He could hear the cries of pain, agony and patriotism as though it was...

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Decima

Decima

A decima is a ten-line stanza of poetry, and the song form generally consists of forty-four lines (an introductory four-line stanza followed by four ten-line stanzas). It is also called "espinela" after its founder, Vicente Espinel (1550–1624), a Spanish writer and...

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Janaku

Janaku

Janaku, the poetry style that has no rules regarding rhyme or syllable. It comprises of three lines. First line has one word, second line two and the third line has three words. Eg : Sun, The mystical Ball of fire. Read through the poem Forest under Poetry which is...

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