Tyburn

Example:

 

(Perversion)

 

It chills

It fills

It feeds

It needs

Monstrous lust -it chills- it fills me

Cold and sickly- it feeds- it needs me

 

 

Example of a poem in  which I mixed 3 poetry styles. 2 tyburns (a variation), 2 senryu (a variation) and a Tanka(a variation)  In the senryu and tanka I use the syllable form but I incorporate rhyme and use capitol lettering. In this sense these are not senryu’s or tanka’s but short poetry. In the two tyburns I don’t adhere to the fifth through eight syllable rhyme scheme.

 

(The Adversary)

 

A long fall from grace
Pride the cause for my disgrace
The music has died

Seething
Grieving
Breathing
Bleeding

Evil seething my heart is grieving
Barely breathing soul dead and bleeding

All because I lied
Deception my invention
Death my intention

Desolation
Destination
Temptation
Isolation

Hell’s desolation my destination
Sin’s temptation brings isolation

Stripped of heaven keys
Cast out shunned and all alone
The silence chokes me
Absent God’s intervention
Only His inattention

 

 

Author's Note

This form has always been a tough one for me- never got it the way Iwanted it- it always felt forced- but I still like the form...

Tyburn

A six line poem consisting of 2,2,2,2,9,9 syllables

The first four lines rhyme and are all descriptive words. The last two lines rhyme and incorporate the first, second, third and fourth lines as the fifth through eighth syllables

In all short poetry which emphasizes syllable savvy meter is a crucial element - it's all about rhythm and beat.

The importance of Poetic Meter.


Poetic Meter is about beat, pace, flow. It�s the basic rhythmic structure of verse. Many traditional or structured verse forms require a specific verse meter or a certain set of meters alternating in a specific order. In free verse this order may be mixed creating a unique rhythm to the requirements of that poem. It�s all about stressed and unstressed syllables and where they are placed.


ba/Boom ba/Boom/ ba/Boom ba/Boom ba/Boom (iambic)
2 syllable count soft/hard

Boom/ba Boom/ba Boom/ba Boom/ba Boom/ba (trochaic)
2 syllable count hard/soft

Boom/Boom Boom/Boom Boom/Boom (spondaic)
2 syllable count hard/hard

ba/ba/Boom ba/ba/Boom ba/ba/Boom (anapestic)
3 syllable count soft/soft/hard

Boom/ba/ba Boom/ba/ba Boom/ba/ba (dactylic)
3 syllable count hard/soft/soft


Now lets mix it up;

ba/ba/Boom- ba/ba Boom- Boom/ba /ba- ba/boom

Meter is essential to poetry and understanding Metric rules is crucial to writing good poetry.

Think of Poetic meter as Musical notation

My warmest
bob

Reviews

[Katherine Wyatt]

Bob~ I cannot tell you how much I am loving learning this from you and reading your amazing examples of these forms.. With all the graduate degrees i have this stuff never came up and I am so thrilled to have found you and that you are willing to give such great guidance and example here..

[deeps]

I like this write I can sense the drive in it and purpose behind the words.
This one caught my sights. I kind am drawn into into this type of subject.
I can feel the promotion of the desire to free the soul.
This is a very well put together write. I like this alot.