The La'libertas, a 22-line (4/6/4/6/2) poetic form created by Laura Lamarca. The stanza rules are as follows:

Stanza 1 - rhyme scheme ABBA, 8 syllables per line.
Stanza 2 - Free verse, 6 lines ONLY
Stanza 3 - Rhyme scheme BAAB, 8 syllables per line.
Stanza 4 - Free verse, 6 lines ONLY
Couplet - Italian (Any language acceptable except)

How the La'libertas for got its name is from the word "libertas" which is Latin for "liberty" and "La" is Laura Lamarca's signature.

Example:

Gentle Kisses

Once wandered lonely world alone
'neath skies that drenched in icy rain,
encompassed soul within its pain;
winds chapped fiercely, chilled and blown.

Soul grew old
in cold array,
displayed distress
in velvet vestige 
& sorrows splayed
'neath edges frayed.

Till hope gave warmth in ev'ry vein
and inner self escaped, now grown
from darker days of life once thrown -
it's time for me to dream again.

Soul grew wise
in waking eyes,
surprised by
survival's strength
& faith re-wrote
love's antidote.

La grazia me ha benedetto con i baci gentili, 
le ali delle libertà sulla mia faccia.

Copyright © 2007 Laura Lamarca