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This week the Verse Form is: Compound Word Verse This invented verse form uses a stem word from the title to end each stanza in a compound form. Created by Margaret R Smith and found at ShadowPoetry.com. (stem word = rain, stanza end words could be rainbow, rainfall, raincoat, raindrop, rainstorm etc.) The elements of the Compound Word Verse are: stanzaic, written in 5 tercets. syllabic, 8-8-3 syllables per line. rhymed, rhyme scheme aax bbx ccx ddx eex; x being unrhymed. each tercet ends with a compound of a stem word in the title. Beyond the Grave This Halloween night please beware, step outside only if you dare, tread gravely. The tortured dead writhe in their beds, breaking free, tearing bonds to shreds, those grave-bound. Seeking live bodies for a home, lonely, lost souls are known to roam from graveyard. They'll snatch you up without a thought, moon shines bright on an empty plot no gravestones. If possessed you'll be the undead, soulless creature without a head and graveless. ~~Judi Van Gorder Meet me at the Playground, let's have some fun. I promise to keep the spooks away. ~~Tink

Explore the Craft of Writing Poetry Indian Verse Regional Forms Tripadi in the Bengali Region, now known as Bangladesh, is considered one line in three parts even though it is almost always written in three lines. So I guess you might say, each tercet is simply a full sentence in 26 or 20 syllables broken into lines. The elements of the Tripadi are: stanzaic, almost always in tercets. A poem can have any number of tercets. syllabic, 8-8-10 syllables per line and sometimes 6-6-8 syllables per line. rhymed, aax bbx Surprise White flakes drift onto spring blossoms, disrupts play of frisky possums, soft surprise snow supplies a new delight. ~~Judi Van Gorder Chittagong Where giant ships journey to die hidden away from prying eyes to be chipped bit by bit, recycled boats. The third world demolition sight, environmental waste ignored blight, Bangladesh laborers tend to their chore. ~~Judi Van Gorder Regional Verse Forms