Thanku by Miranda Paul

Author:Miranda Paul
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lerner Publications Company

A tricube includes three stanzas, each with three lines,

and each line has 3 syllables. Can you count three beats in

every line of “Each Scar” by Baptiste Paul?

A chant simply includes repeating lines or phrases and

may be one of poetry’s oldest forms. Cynthia Leitich

Smith’s poem “Stories for Dinner” uses a repeating chant,

while the rest is written in prose (ordinary language) and

free verse (nonstructured) couplets.

A narrative poem tells a story and often is written in

the voice of the main character. Patti Richards’s poem

“Alice Thanks the Looking Glass(es)” also makes allusions

(quick mentions or references) to a well-known story and

its characters. Don’t fall asleep, or you might miss them!

In an acrostic, the first (or last) letters of a line spell out

a word or phrase. Sometimes, like in Chrystal D. Giles’s

poem “Dimples,” the title is the same as what the letters

spell.

The décima mirror is a traditional Cuban poetry form

consisting of two redondillas (8-syllable quatrains) with

a couplet (two-line) bridge, in the following rhyme

pattern: abba aa abba. Can you feel the beats bounce

during the playful walk of “I’m Thankful for My Puppy”

by Margarita Engle?

American poet Bruce Newling invented the McWhirtle,

which, according to Kenn Nesbitt, “is basically a double-

dactyl without the requirements for a 6-syllable word or

a higgledy-piggledy nonsense phrase.” In other words,

it’s a difficult form made simple—like the complex ideas

of responsibility and karma easily explained within the

scenario of returning someone’s wallet.

An ode is a poem that praises or celebrates someone or

something. Historically, many odes were meant to be

sung. Can you hear a rhythm in JaNay Brown-Wood’s

poem “Falling Leaves”?

A mask (also called persona) is a poem written from the

point of view of an object or animal. Sometimes mask

poems feel like riddles because the speaker’s identity isn’t

stated. If you covered up the title “Diary of a Sweatshirt:

The Best Day Ever” in Diana Murray’s poem, what clues

would help someone guess who or what is speaking?

Most sonnets have fourteen lines, with 10 syllables per

line and a set pattern of rhyme. Megan Hoyt’s poem

“Thanksgiving at the Lake” follows the Shakespearean

style of sonnet, where the last couplet (two lines) reveals

an idea or conclusion.

A ballad is a poem or song that tells a story with short

lines. Many ballads, like Jamie McGillen’s “The Perfect

Rock,” have simple rhymes and a repeating rhythm that

can be danced to or clapped out.

A pantoum is not an easy poem to write! This Malay

verse form, which became popular in Britain and France

in the 1800s, has a set pattern of how to repeat specific

lines. In Renée M. LaTulippe’s poem “Autumn by the

Sea,” the repeating lines mirror the movement of waves

that continue to lap against the shore. Can you hear the

pattern?

A limerick is a single verse with three long lines and two

short lines, in the rhyme scheme of aabba. Said to be

inspired by the Irish town of Limerick, these poems often

make people smile or laugh. What made you smile while

reading “Thankful for Thinking” by Vanessa Brantley-

Newton?

An unrhymed cinquain (also known as a quintet) is a

five-line poem, such as Traci Sorell’s “College Degree.”

A palindrome is a word, phrase, verse, sentence, or even

poem that reads the same forward or backward.

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