Form Verses Creativity ~ verso rhyme

David & Sangeetha‘s new poetry project

David of The skeptic’s kaddish and I began a fun poetry partnership in April. We just celebrated writing together a 100 verse renga, The Hyakuin 🙂 And within days, decided we would absolutely love to continue our writing collaboration and what has grown to be a warm friendship with a new poetry project

We’ve decided to explore poetry forms, one each from A to Z. Each week one of us chooses a poetry form the other responds to. David suggested we title it Form verses creativity 🙂 This week we are writing  –  a Verso-Rhyme.  We’d love it if you want to respond with a  of Verso-Rhyme your own!

David‘s Verso-Rhyme

Today we celebrate
Israel's birth,
A dream two thousand years
in the making.
Tearful Jewish prayers
heard across Earth ~
t'wards & for our one home,
unforsaken!

Sangeetha‘s Verso-Rhyme

Israel's hearts ~ Rejoice
We have come far
Holding fast to our Faith
Holding Honour
Israel's voices ~ Sing
Hymns of the Star
Light bright candles for Peace
Light Forever!

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Verso-Rhyme?

• a poem in 8 lines; 
• syllabic, 6-4-6-4-6-4-6-4 syllables per line;
• rhyme, x/a/x/b/x/a/x/b, with ‘x’ being unrhymed;
• ends with an exclamation point!

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Sangeetha & David’s ‘Form verses creativity’

1. The Alouette
2. The Balance
3. The Candlelight
4. The Dizain
5. The Etheree
6. The Florette
7. The Ghazal
8. The Hexaduad
9. The Italian octave
10. The Jue Ju
11. The Kimo
12. The Limerick
13. The Marianne
14. The Nocturna
15. The Ottava Rima
16. The Pathya Vat
17. The Quintilla
18. The Retrac
19. The Tritina
20. The Ukiah
21. The Verso-Rhyme