Looped Poetry ©Lyn Crain

poetry leaped off my tongue
tongue swirled with joy
joy waiting to be shared
shared among the masses
masses reading looped poetry
poetry at its best
best poetry

Loop Poetry is a form wherein the last word in one line becomes the first word in the following line, as demonstrated in the following link: https://poeticbloomings2.wordpress.com/tag/loop-poetry-form/

More examples with variations can be found here: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/looppoetry.html

Looking at poetry styles

I discovered a different one called Soledad. I love learning new and old styles of poetry writing, it opens one’s mind to different possibilities when writing. My humble attempt is included with Gorder’s, and Smith’s  below.

Soledad: 1. Three 8-syllable lines 2. Written in tercets or triplets alone or in sequence. 3. Rhyme Scheme: a-x-a b-x-b etc. X= unrhymed. 4. Often has internal consonance or assonance. 5. Octosyllabic lines were typical in 12th  Spanish poetry. The majority of the forms were couplets.

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Spring Ahead © Judi Van Gorder

Eyes droop from lack of sleep last night,
late night write, hour hand clicks to twelve,
skip ropes forward, I wake at light.

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Sacrifice Zones © 2012 Linda Varsell Smith

Exploited for profit and greed,

no rules to protect people, land

places disregarded we need.

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Fuel industry and create blight.

Pollution a catastrophe.

Deplete and decay–people’s plight

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Remove what stands in machine’s way

leaving dead land, mountain moonscape.

taking clean water, breathe away.

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Defeated people struggle, shout

renew, recycle, choose for life,

dead, dying zones doing without.

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In a Chaotic Moment ©Lyn Crain

Leaves flutter wildly in the wind

The colors burst upon my soul

 scattered thoughts defiantly pinned

http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?/topic/1023-soledad/

Click to access Soledad.pdf

Musings from the Masters

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
~~ Leonard Cohen~~

Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.

~~Joseph Roux

Poetry is what in a poem makes you laugh, cry, prickle, be silent, makes your toe nails twinkle, makes you want to do this or that or nothing, makes you know that you are alone in the unknown world, that your bliss and suffering is forever shared and forever all your own.

~~Dylan Thomas~~

If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry

.~~Emily Dickinson~~

Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air.

~~ Carl Sandburg~~

Poetry is that wonderful medium where you can tell of an epic occasion or express a simple truth. It can be flowery, stark, wordy or concise. It is a basket full of words scattered on a page in such an arrangement as to portray emotion or tale.

~~Fyn Dorian~~