The end of poetic forms starting with the letter C! Hope you enjoy.

Chydedd Fer:
When going to sit, please have a care -
The cat has dibs on every chair.
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Chydedd Hir: Cat Spot
( Definitely there )

Six more - again, wide variety within the forms, but the garden theme uniting them.

Clerihew: Catihews
( A little nod to some of the cats I have known )

Six more, mostly small again and with a wide variety.

Chanso: Crocosmia
( leaning remnants gold declare )

Wow, the letter C is a long one - I've a whopping 24 poems here, each in a different form. Most are pretty short, but it still seems prudent to set them out in readable batches so I'll go with four sets of 6 apiece. All types here, enjoy the buffet - still mostly cat and garden themed.

Cancione (canzo): Order
( Lined up tulips )

And one more dose to finish off this letter, gardening themed.

Bref Double: Shrublets
( Whomever says so lies )

Four more!

Bestiary: The Crastinpro
( When walking, it swerves )

More experimentation with poetic forms - I've a dozen for B, four per set, on cats and gardens. I have an exceptional liking for the greenhouse one here.

Backwoods Boast: Pete
( He's the pinnacle of catness )

The other half of forms beginning with the letter A, very brief bits.

Alexandrine Couplet:
Behold the cat who curls beneath my sleeping child's afghan,
Deduce the one most sweet with sighs, contentment's chosen one.
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Amphigory:
( Cat pie )

Poetic forms are rather like little word puzzles to me, and Lewis Turco's Book of Forms is the ultimate handbook for anyone who likes to play with them. I've taken to working my way through all the forms alphabetically (well, skipping the really looong ones like "comic opera" that is), and will share a few of them here. I chose the themes of cats ( Read more... )

One for the traveling, busy father who must go, leaving his sleeping children in their beds, and one for the wife who waits for him at home. These were written for a friend, but I've known so many families who go through this in one form or another, even my own parents in the past.

He Leaves on Another Journey
( a soft parting kiss to your forehead )