Hey! It's Thankgiving...

  

Gracie and Rhoda Oct. 2008

 

Happy Thanksgiving

from Our House to Yours...

Hugs from Rhoda

and Kitty Purrs from Gracie

Monotetra...

Spoken!

Expression is heard from within

Words spoken tells where they have been

Buried inside a hidden grin

Isn’t a sin; isn’t a sin!

 

Come daylight I show a bright smile

Won’t hide anymore all the while

With words to express shows my style

Been a dark isle; been a dark isle!

 

Imagination mine to share

Read to others without a care

Memories come back shed a tear

Vision past errs; vision past errs!

 

Spirit alive soul is now born

Guilt and hiding is now not worn

Past is buried I shall not mourn

Old pages torn; old pages torn!

- Rhoda Galgiani

Monotetra Poetry Form - Created by Michael Walker - Each stanza contains four lines in Monorhyme - Each line is in tetrameter (four metrical feet) for eight syllables - What makes the Monotetraso powerful as a poetic form is that the last line contains two metrical feet, repeated - It can have as few as one or two stanzas, or as many as desired.

Stanza Structure: Line 1: 8 syllables; A1, Line 2: 8 syllables; A2, Line 3: 8 syllables; A3,
Line 4: 4 syllables, repeated; A4, A4...rg

Vers Beaucoup...

Mind’s Confusion

 

BLUE is created from the Dew on QUEUE

It is TRUE of a flower I LONG for is a SONG

WRONG is a cry of ONE who does RUN

For he has SHUN the BLUE that was in QUEUE

YELLOW is the suns HUE that touches YOU

Right on QUEUE with WARMTH and CHARM

Protects from HARM full of LOVE and JOY

From evil’s PLOY that comes to YOU for a VIEW

WHITE is the calm CLOUD that bowed so PROUD

Took LOUD anger that SCREAMED as you DREAMED

With tears that BEAMED into the NIGHT - turn BRIGHT

One’s PLIGHT will LIGHTEN as calm and hope HEIGHTEN

SIGHT has come into the NIGHT just RIGHT

For one is free - FRIGHT is GONE come this DAWN

Awakes with a YAWN life is WELL for a SPELL

HELL has DISAPPEARED takes dream that was FEARED

- Rhoda Galgiani 

Vers Beaucoup Poetry Form - Created by Curt Mongold - Name is French

for "many rhymes" - Each stanza consists of four lines with a rhyming word

scheme of a-a-a, a-b-b, b-c-c, c-d-d
Each rhyme can only use a MAXIMUM of three words - The fourth "a" rhyme

carried over to the second line causes enjambment and creates a strong internal

rhyming structure - Left justified - Rhyming words capitalized for clarity…rg

Rhyme...

 

Autumn Left Us…

The crescent moon shows his twinkle

As the trees shiver in moonlight

Ground below dry hear the crinkle

Quiet valley endures her plight

Days ago, the foliage was bright

As golden leaves trimmed in deep red

Brings to one a beautiful site

Not thinking the leaves are now dead

Autumn left us alone and bare

With promise of new birth again

After springs flowers bloom with flair

Fields will flourish with their new grain

Each season has its own rebirth

Creatures wake to a brand new dawn

Bumblebee’s work colors the earth

Welcomes birth of a new born fawn

- Rhoda Galgiani

Rhyme Poetry Form - abab, cdcd, efef, ghgh

Each stanza is 4 lines - each line is 8 syllables…rg

Free Verse...

Ode to Sugar

Terrible temptations!
Oh, such tantalizing treats
so titillating to the taste buds,
they dance to the piper's tune of
suicide by the spoonful.

 
Cut the confections!
Stop continued carelessness,
that carries dire consequences,
even creates callousness,
and the law was given.

Buyer beware!
Bondage betrays beauty, best
purchased by precious blood spilt
and a body bruised and broken
on the hill of Calvary.
 
God's greatest gift,
His Son; pure love freely given.
Gratitude and charity are filling,
gluttony then gladly given up,
my victory already won!

Love Charlene

Poetry Created by Charlene McCutcheon, UT
Free Verse Poetry Form has no rhyme, no special line length or no special pattern. It sounds like natural speech. It tells a story or paints a picture. It uses carefully chosen words to describe experiences or feelings. It is written like a poem and not like a paragraph. It must make sense to the reader…rg

Nine, Eight, Nine Poetry Style...

Learning Tools

Words of wisdom come to those who wait

those who long to fill knowledge plate

broaden their mind in the starting gate

Patience learned with time - times a teacher

patient one is a good preacher

rewards far outweigh for this creature

Light gives to one for their brightest day

turns dark thought to a positive way

directs ones path from dark dreams of grey

Love brings her joy to an open heart

shows one the way to peace from start

giving those who wait - their wisdom chart

- Rhoda Galgiani

Nine, Eight, Nine Poetry Style - Created by Rhoda Galgiani

Four verses, 3 lines each with syllable count of 9, 8, 9!

Rhyme aaa, bbb, ccc, ddd - Subject - Something taught…rg

Serventesio...

Dedicated to the People of the Philippines

Nature on Her Prowl

Whistling of the violence storm

Threatened the habitats ashore

Beats the earth is the Typhoons norm

Washing away every man’s floor

Warnings can’t help the native’s soul

Nature brutally makes her point

Destruction again takes its toll

Breaks human knees at their thin joint

Knees on the ground cry’in to Him

As the wild winds rips and tears

People pray forgiveness of sin

Floods raid broke houses and life’s wares

Typhoon’s power brings fear today

Hiding can’t save them from the howl

All they can do again - is pray

Nature destructs while on her prowl

- Rhoda Galgiani

Serventesio Poetry Form - syllabic, usually written in 8 syllable lines

Stanzaic written in any number of quatrains - Serventesio rhyme abab is used

Popular Castillian stanzas since the 16th century - Apparently experimentation

with the form by Ezra Pound brought about a resurgence in popularity in the

20th century - Spanish Poetry form...rg

Quatrain by Letter

'Linen Cloth'

Linens I Wear

  Lifting ones spirit to a new level

Lights the way to rejoicing path of love

Leads one to Him and not to the Devil

Listen gentle signs from a small white dove

Leading the way to freedom of the soul

Lends glorious hand as He lifts you high

Lets angels catch you if you don’t meet goal

Lies no longer exist eyes will not cry

Lord will show you the way from dreadful sin

Lifelong graces will now fill your lost soul

Live peaceful joy for you are now with Him

Love is there now lift up out of black coal

Long to ascend to His heavenly home

Lost no more for the path has been lighten

Life now eternal the soul shall not roam

Linens I wear are forever whiten 

- Rhoda Galgiani

Quatrain by Letter - Created by Erick J. Goller 7/29/2011

No syllable counting - Take any letter from the Alphabet
and begin each line with that letter - Three stanzas minimum
Any subject - These Quatrains are unmetered
Rhyming abab, cdcd, efef, ghgh, etc...rg



The Novelist...

 Dedicated to Florence Galati

The Novelist

You are looking at her with interest

seemingly smug and giddy listening intensely

to her stories of portentous men in her life.

Laughingly, she captures your intense, curious heart.

She says casually, she has been around,

she knows what she wants and expects in a man.

Knowing what they want and desire, she will play

their costly game, thus, winning all in the end.

She again throws her head back and laughs,

gaining attention, securing herself in a shaky, unsecured

moment of truth, revealed carelessly during a nervous

conversation drawing again the attention she craves.

Realizing eyes are staring upon her body she is

exposed to the greedy world of lust, a world of

novel making, words of explicit description

from words she has spoken in haste.

Quietly, she turns to me, her long time friend,

looking into my eyes for comfort, sheltering her

mind from the cruel words of disbelief uttered,

are her stories of compassion truth or fiction…

She reluctantly admits her words are only make believe,

throwing her head back and laughing again,

as she cleverly captured us all with her
story telling as only the novelist can do.

 - Rhoda Galgiani

Hi Rhoda

Hope all is well with you, I had just went on to see what you wrote about Flo.
Very nice. Take care have a good day.

Frank

(A nice email I received from Florence's Brother...rg)

Free Verse or Unrhymed Poetry Form has no rhyme, no special line length or no special pattern. It sounds like natural speech. It tells a story or paints a picture. It uses carefully chosen words to describe experiences or feelings. It is written like a poem and not like a paragraph. It must make sense to the reader…rg



Kyrielle Sonnet...

Blossom’s Hue 
 

White, pure white is the blossom’s hue

Nature’s beauty enjoyed by few

Born each spring a gift to us all

Carries one through until the fall
 

Butterflies flutter in the sky

Searching for nectar as they fly

Joy in their tiny beings small

Carries one through until the fall 
 

Birds settle in created nests

Wait for chirps from under their breasts

A spring day beautiful to all

Carries one through until the fall
 

White, pure white is the blossom’s hue

Carries one through until the fall
 

- Rhoda Galgiani
 

A Kyrielle Sonnet consists of 14 lines (three rhyming quatrain stanza

and a non-rhyming couplet) - Just like the traditional Kyrielle poem

the Kyrielle Sonnet also has a repeating line or phrase as a refrain

(usually appearing as the last line of each stanza). Each line within

the Kyrielle Sonnet consists of only eight syllables. French poetry

forms have a tendency to link back to the beginning of the poem

so common practice is to use the first and last line of the first quatrain

as the ending couplet - This would also re-enforce the refrain within

the poem.Therefore, a good rhyming scheme for a Kyrielle Sonnet

would be: AabB, ccbB, ddbB, AB or AbaB, cbcB, dbdB, AB...rg 

Cross of Salvation...

 

Make All Days Count

 Time has value

Each day meaning

Use time wisely

Our days numbered

Remind me Lord

To do right thing

Accept what must

Giving you trust

 

Let me not put off things that I should now attempt

Guide me in my life to become the best I can

Keep me focused from devils temptations that tempt

Show me a sign Lord so I will stay on Your plan

 

Each day I’ll feel your love

I will feel joy in heart

Sunrise brings peace of dove

Bird’s song gives me great start

Your word I’ll read each day

Verse will inspire to write

It teaches Christian way

I hope to bring delight 

Each day treasure

Memory make

Beyond measure
 

© 2013  Christina R. Jussaume

 

Cross of Salvation Form of Poetry created by Christina R. Jussaume

consists of a octet (8 line poem) of 4 syllables each - Next is a quatrain

of 12 syllables per line - Next is another octet (8 line stanza) that has 6

syllables per line - This is followed by a triplet (3 line stanza) - Triplet

is 4 syllables per line - Rhyme is optional and up to the poet.

Subject must be spiritual in nature - Poem centered aligned to

show shape of cross...rg

THANKS DEAR… IT MAKES ME PROUD TO SEE YOU POSTING ALL THOSE STYLES ON YOUR BLOG I TAUGHT YOU...

 

HUGS...TINA

 



Quinzaine...

Nature Speaks 

 Whispering wind spoke softly

Do you feel His love?

Like I do?

 

-  Rhoda Galgiani

 

Quinzaine Form of Poetry - 7-5-3 syllables

First line is statement, second and third lines are questions...rg



Rondel...

Services Rendered

 

Jewels of the night sparkle her neck

Rushing the door closes behind her

She shivers as she hears creatures stir

Quickly enters dark hall leads to deck
 

Black table holds a long awaited check

Services rendered all is just a blur

Jewels of the night sparkle her neck

Rushing the door closes behind her

Mind buries event etched in black deck

Eyes of sorrow carry shameful dark err

Morals have become distasteful sins that stir

Memories yearn to die become a dried speck

Jewels of the night sparkle her neck
 

- Rhoda Galgiani

 

Rondel Form of Poetry - A French form consisting of

13 lines two quatrains and a quintet, rhyming as follows -
ABba abAB abbaA - capital letters are refrains or repeats…rg 



Twister...

Night

Night shadow

Draws picture

On silent

Flat wall

Muted art

 

- Rhoda Galgiani

Twister Poetry Form Created by Ralph Stott consists of ten words in one verse;
two words for each of the five lines - Words one, four, five, eight and nine are
printed in bold and make up the first verse - This should read clearly - Words
one to ten make the second verse - This gives the ‘twist’ to the poem and again
should read clearly - So, two verses in one, the title should be one word, no
punctuation - Rhyming optional - Just one verse - 10 words...rg

Hello Rhoda - Have visited your site and tickes some boxes. Loved the
poem and the play on the words: for all art lovers everywhere!

Kind regards

Ralph



French Sonnet...

Forgiven Tears

Before I found you my Lord, I trusted no one

I went my way in daily life with not one thought

Took life for granted, I didn’t know what you taught

Your name not said, as a child I knew not your Son

Young Mother I found faith my teaching now begun

Through time my love began to grow, I read and sought

Proud I felt, giving foundation to my young tots

I saw them grow spiritually my deed was done

Now on my own He is with me always - My Lord

As my faith grows stronger during my later years

Trust is instilled in my heart where it is now stored

Turning to Him I now have calmed my lonesome fears

Devil thoughts cut away from my mind with His sword

God loves me; He wipes away my forgiven tears

- Rhoda Galgiani

 

French Sonnet Form of Poetry is a poem with a rhyme scheme
of ABBAABBA and CDCDCD or ABBAABBA and CDECDE
Syllable count is 12 syllables per line



Senryu...

Tears

 

tears leave watermarks

souls displaying sad sorrow

the world's eyes are wet

 

- Rhoda Galgiani

 

Senryu Poetry Form is Japanese verse consisting of three unrhymed lines in 5, 7, 5 syllables Senryu is written about human nature or emotions - It is usually written in the present tense - They possess no references to the natural world, as is a Haiku…rg

Acrostic...

CHESAKAT

 

Crafting words into an art
Her poems rise and fall
Excellent in every part
Speaking to us all
A lover of the feline sort
Kindness in her reviews
A Poet who writes with her heart
To Rhoda - we love you!

 

Created by ~
English Tea Duck
(Ruth Elizabeth Henson, Poet)




Acrostic Poetry Form is a  poem, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto -
Chesakat is my nick-name…rg