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Explore the Craft of Writing Poetry Invented Forms Poet's Garret is a poetic community who's leader Terry Clitheroe has an extensive knowledge of poetic form. There you can find established classic forms where Terry often offers his own view of poetic purpose. I love reading some of his descriptions. Then like other sites, there are some unique forms that seem to begin there at the Garret. Those I include here. Busta Sonnetto is a contemporary sonnet form created by Teagan De Danaan that other than stanza pattern leaves the rest of the elements up to the poet. The elements of th
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As an exercise on Writing.com this week, I was challenged to write a Goethe Stanza. Considering the fact that the rhyme scheme and apparent rhythm of the Goethe Stanza is the same as my typical style of poetic form, this was a fairly easy task. Goethe merely formatted the stanza differently by adding in two blank lines. I hope you enjoy this offering. It is a very personal account of my latest foray into extreme exercise. As someone, who is no longer in my twenties, I am thrilled to accomplish more or less successfully with simply a pair of sore legs to show for it.