Vanquished
Ottava rima, an eight line verse of iambic pentameter (ABABABCC) in traditional form, has been used alternatively for heroic poems (“Don Juan”) or to mock or parody heroism. I tried to split the difference here, in form and content.
Letter to Those Who Follow Me
In the breath are hints of dormancy, a marking. Here is a kind of epistle poem, an address or letter of direction or desire.
Sonnet Diminishing
A sonnet to the twilight, a diminishing verse to the act of witness
Barzelletta for the 4th of July
It depends on who you ask and when: the barzelletta was a 15th-16th century Italian poem created mostly as secular song, meant to entertain with rhyme, pun, and word play while perhaps offering some didactic lessons.
His Face In June
A cousin of the rondeau, this little French triolet form leans on repeated lines, though perhaps with something shifting underfoot. . .
Three Pensée In Spring
Untitled, unstructured poems of usually five lines, the job of the pensée is little but to offer a reflection, a thought . . .
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