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  bullet   The 7/5 Trochee
  bullet   A L'Arora
  bullet   Alliterisen
  bullet   The Alouette
  bullet   The Blitz Poem
  bullet   The Brevette
  bullet   Cascade
  bullet   Christ-in-a-Rhyme
  bullet   CinqTroisDecaLa
  bullet   Clarity Pyramid
  bullet   Constanza
  bullet   Con-Verse
  bullet   The Compound Word Verse
  bullet   Decuain
  bullet   Diatelle
  bullet   Duo-rhyme
  bullet   Epulaeryu
  bullet   Essence
  bullet   The Florette
  bullet   The Florette #2
  bullet   Grá Reformata
  bullet   Jeffreys Sonnet
  bullet   Joseph's Star
  bullet   Harrisham Rhyme
  bullet   HexSonnetta
  bullet   Inverted Refrain
  bullet   LaCharta
  bullet   LaJemme
  bullet   La'libertas
  bullet   Lannet
  bullet   La'ritmo
  bullet   La’Tuin
  bullet   Lauranelle
  bullet   Lento
  bullet   Licentia Rhyme Form
  bullet   Line Messaging
  bullet   Loop Poetry
  bullet   Mini-monoverse
  bullet   Memento
  bullet   The Mirror Sestet
  bullet   Mirrored Refrain
  bullet   Monchielle
  bullet   Monotetra
  bullet   Musette
  bullet   Nove Otto
  bullet   Octameter
  bullet   Octain Refrain
  bullet   Octelle
  bullet   Oddquain
  bullet   Paradelle
  bullet   Parallelogram de Crystalline
  bullet   The Pictorial
  bullet   Pleiades
  bullet   Puente
  bullet   Quadrilew
  bullet   RemyLa Rhyme Form
  bullet   Rictameter
  bullet   Shadow Sonnet
  bullet   Spirit’s Vessel
  bullet   Staccato
  bullet   Swap Quatrain
  bullet   Synchronicity
  bullet   The Tableau
  bullet   Tri-fall
  bullet   Trijan Refrain
  bullet   Trilonnet
  bullet   Trinet
  bullet   Triquain
  bullet   Triquatrain
  bullet   Triquint
  bullet   Trois-par-Huit
  bullet   Trolaan
  bullet   Vers Beaucoup
  bullet   Villonnet
  bullet   Wrapped Refrain
  bullet   Wrapped Refrain #2
  bullet   ZaniLa Rhyme
 

Duo-rhyme

The Duo-rhyme, a poetic form created by Mary L. Ports, is a 10 or 12-line poem, with the first two and last two lines having the same rhyme scheme, and the center of the poem (lines #3 through #8 or #10) having their own separate monorhyme scheme.

Meter: 8 beats per line, written in iambic tetrameter (4 linear feet of iambic) Rhyme Scheme: 10-line: a,a,b,b,b,b,b,b,a,a and 12-line: a,a,b,b,b,b,b,b,b,b,a,a


Example #1:
Paper Moon

A yellow, paper midnight moon,
the kind that makes young lovers swoon,
        casts moonbeams on her golden hair.
        Soft wind caresses, not to scare
        red, blushing cheeks of maiden, fair.
        A scent of lilacs fills the air.
        In magic garden - would she dare
        unleash her passions without care?
Unusual, the moan and croon
of wind and August, paper moon.

Copyright © 2007 Mary L. Ports

Example #2:
Visitation

Oh, midnight wind with whisperings,
come tease sweet fairy’s crystal wings.
        How gracefully she floats tonight
        with purple billows flowing bright.
        Dear, wistful spirit in the night,
        through starlit mist she casts her light.
        For welcomed cheek, a kiss just right
        is softly placed so that one might
        receive her blessings without fright;
        love’s beauty sought, a soul’s delight.
To realms of wonder in my dreams
I’ll float upon the songs she sings.

Copyright © 2007 Mary L. Ports

Example #3:
Beauty

"Beauty is as beauty does"


Bright beauty, in the eye of some,
will fade away, and will succumb
       to timeless-time - a constant race
       with sun and moon who keep their pace.
       Through clouded eyes and wrinkled face,
       through sagging shoulders I embrace,
       sweet soul - the body does encase.
       Long years, their toll will not erase
       and darkened fears cannot replace
       the beauty of your loving grace.
From birth to death, heart beats her drum;
life’s mystery, her song to hum.

Copyright © 2007 Mary L. Ports


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