For Melissa
Collection of poetry in honor of Missy98Writer
The World of Art
cinquain series
The Rictameter
rictameter poetry
rondels and rondeaus
rondels and rondeaus
The Minute Poem
minute poems
The Ottava Rima
ottava rima poetry
The Kyrielle
kyrielle poems
A Contrary Look at Animals
humorous quatrains
Chapter 1: Animal Friends, A Contrary View
humorous quatrains for Nora
Chapter 2: Animals part two, see author notes
humorous quatrains in 8/7/8/7
Chapter 3: Animals part 3 - see author's notes
humorous quatrains
Chapter 4: Animals Part Four
humorous quatrains - see author's notes
Chapter 5: Animals, part five
humorous quatrains
Chapter 6: Animals part six
humorous quatrains - see author's notes
Chapter 7: Animals, part seven
humorous quatrains - see author's notes
Chapter 8: Animals, part 8
humorous quatrains, see author's notes
Chapter 9: Animals, part nine
humorous quatrains - see author's notes
Chapter 10: Animals, part ten
humorous quatrains, see author's notes
Chapter 11: Animals, part eleven
humorous quatrains, see author's notes
Chapter 12: Animals, part twelve
humorous quatrains, see author's notes
Chapter 13: Animals, part thirteen
humorous quatrains, see author's notes
Chapter 14: Animals, part fourteen
Humorous quatrains, see author's notes
Chapter 15: Animals Part 15
Humorous Quatrains - see author's notes
Chapter 16: Animals Part Sixteen
humorous quatrains - see author's notes
cinquains
cinquain poetry
rispettos
rispetto poetry
Wildflower Haiku
haiku
Octograms
octograms
Sonnets
sonnets
Twenty for Halloween
Halloween Poems in Various Forms
Quaterns: Observations on Life
Assorted Reflections
Triolets: Traditional and Modified
Poems employing this musical, repeating form
Rejoice: Christmas Poetry
Christmas poems in various formats.
FanStorians on Reviewing!
Essays from FanStory Members on Reviewing
Daisy Days
quatrains about childhood summers
They Flicker Like A Firefly
a quatern for my mother
'Twas the Night After Christmas
a parody in rhyming couplets
( a blade of green grass ) senryu
contemplations on laughter
( citrus saturates) haiku
5/7/5 nature haiku
(balmy breezes blow)
My first Haiku - Hell has indeed frozen over
(blueberry topped)
whimsical 3/7/4 haiku
(branches felled by wind) haiku
5/7/5 haiku
(buttercup) haiku
3/5/3 nature haiku
(cat's paws with caprice) haiku
a haiku
(children's laughter chimes) haiku
nontraditional haiku about one's bliss
(clumps of clotted snow) haiku
nature haiku
(cypresses grown thick) tanka
a tanka
(dandelions) tanka
a tanka
(eighteen hard-boiled eggs) cinqku
17 syllable form
(fields of falling stars)
5/7/5 haiku
(given governance)
reflective senryu
(guernseys graze) haiku
haiku
(katydids and crickets) tanka
sleeplessness on summer nights
(on a blade of grass) tanka
a tanka
(orange branches bud (haiku)
nature haiku read poem before author's notes
(pippin-laden bough)
an autumn haiku
(pollen spills from bees) tanka
five lines of comic musing
(Relentless, I search) senryu
NOT 5/7/5 - see contest rules
(sluggish sullied seas) haiku
a dirge for the Gulf
(spiraled snow white curves) tanka
five lines in praise of the calla lily
(tanka) February freeze
a tanka
(unapologetic lives) senryu
satiric senryu
(windblown whirlybirds) haiku
nature haiku
197,000,000 Square Miles
a rispetto
A Baby's Laughter
Light-hearted memories of playing with my son.
A Barn
a pantoum
A Barren Field Lay Fruitless
a quatrain poem
A Big Thumbs Up
a rondeau
A Blue Jay Perched Upon a Bough
a story in four quatrains
A Breeze Swept Through
A Quatern
A Bubble Burst
a little rhyme
A Bubble Popped!
a quatern
A Bunch of Bananas
children's counting poem
A Busy Day
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
A Butterfly Flew By
quatrains in 6/7/6/7
A Candle Burns
an octogram for Maureen
A Caterpillar Crawled
an ampeletum poem - see author's notes
A Cautionary Tale
Reflections on how we ought to exist.
A Chain is Clanking
a Halloween octogram
A Choice
a Whitney
A Christmas Farce
a septolet for Christmas
A Christmas Wish
greatly modified triolet
A Crashing Wave
a quatern
A Daisy's Blooming by the Gate
a pantoum
A Dandelion Grows
Five Quatrains in 6/7/6/7
A Deux
Love as a Dance - just for two.
A Fairy Field
An Octogram
A Fairy Hasn't Angel Wings
a wildly modified triolet for Miranda
A Fly Flew By
a Dizain
A Frog Hopped on a Lily Pad
whimsical quatrains
A Frog Symphony
A musical interpretation of incessant ribbeting.
A Full Morning
A Septolet
A Funny Face
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
A Gate Swings Open
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
A Gathering of Graying Clouds
four quatrains in abcb rhyme
A Gentleman Went Wandering
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
A Giggle
an ampeletum poem - see author's notes
A Giggle
a poem in mixed meter
A Gladiolus, Statuesque
quatrains with a 4 syllable word in each line
A Golden Coverlet
quatrains in abab rhyme
A Hawk was Circling
A Modified Quatern
A Helping Hand
a nonet
A Herd of Dandy Lions
rhyming quatrains for children
A Hill
a rispetto
A Hippo's Life for Me!
A bit of fun with nary a deep thought to be had.
A Host's Dilemma
a timely question
A Ladybug and Butterfly
a story in quatrains
A Ladybug of Several Dots
A Quatern
A Ladybug Went Strolling
a rhyming poem in 7/6/7/6
A Ladybug Went Wandering
quatrains in 8/6/8/6
A Life Can Always Use More Gold
a pantoum
A Light Beyond My Window
two quatrains in 7/6/8/6
A Love Surpassing Poetry
triolet-inspired - wildly modified
A Madness of Merriment
a bit of whimsy
A Matter of Perspective
a Treizette - see author's notes
A May Day Celebration
quatrains of joy
A Memory's Forever Made
rhyming poem, rispetto-inspired
A Midnight's Silence
a nonet
A Mom Moment
just feeling sentimental
A Monarch Rules the Meadow
a poem in 7/6/7/6
A Mother's Lament
a biographical limerick
A Mother's Loss
reflective quatrains
A note from Brooke
Miranda updating on Brooke's behalf
A Note to My Friends
an explanation for my silence
A Panoply of Stars
A Christmas Rictameter - see author's notes
A Park Bench
reflective naani
A Path of Poppies
two quatrains
A Pocketful of Snow
rhyming quatrains
A Poet's Prayer
celebrating life
A Poet's Plea
reflective quatrains
A Prayer for the New Year
my wish in rhyme
A President's wishes for all People
What goals I would lay out for our nation.
A Puddle
a Shadorma
A Purple Puddle
rhyming quatrains in 7/6/7/6
A Question for the Spin Doctors
a rondelet
A Refugee's Sojourn
contemplative cinquain (see author's note)
A Robin Went Awandering
rhymed quatrains in 8/6/8/6
A Rose
a lai - see author's notes
A Rush of Notes
A Quatern
A Shock of Crimson
rhyming quatrains in 8/7/8/7
A Slight Disagreement
a whimsical Whitney
A Smile
A Naani
A Step is not a Journey
quatrains in abcb rhyme
A Stolen Kiss
triolet
A Storm Came Crashing
a rispetto
A Tadpole Wriggled Up the Stream
a pantoum
A Thousand Answers
blank verse
A Thousand Cranes
quatrains in 8/6/8/6
A Thousand Tales
a Kyrielle
A Tiger Roused Me from My Sleep
rhyming quatrains in 8/7/8/7
A Trillion Petals
A Quatern
A Valentine Duet
quatrains in 8/7/8/7
A Violet Tucked Snugly in the Grass
an English sonnet
A Whisper Travels in the Breeze
a Quatern
A Willow Weeping
wildly modified triolet
A Winter Night's Dreamscape
reverie in rhyme
A Word of Caution
a fantasy ottava rima poem
A Worm is Boring Through the Ground
a Halloween- inspired modified triolet
Abandon Hope Ye Who Enter Here
four quatrains in 8/7/8/7
Abraham Lincoln in Memoriam
contemplative tanka
Absence
reflections on loneliness
Abundant Harvest
a rispetto
Accept My Heart
a Lento
Accepting the Light
a modern sonnet about surrendering control
Adagio Days and Largo Nights
a contemplative poem
Aftermath of a Child's Prayer
The day my mother's loss did not kill my faith.
All your Rhymes really don't Work
Is every mistake as mistaken as we first thought?
Alligator: Appetite Attack!
an alligator's lunchbreak from a to z
Ambition
contemplative quatrains
Among The Buds and Blooms
a whimsical rictameter
Among the Petals
A Whimsical Whitney poem - see author's notes
An Alien Has Landed Here
an octogram for kids
An Alien Lives In My Room
a monotetra for children
An Empty Vase
a Whitney
An Epigram for Troubled Times
an epigram
An Observation
two rhyming quatrains in 7/6/8/6
An Ode to Sunshine
a Bell's Ladder poem - see author's notes
An ode to the grasshopper
In praise of grasshoppers from a to z.
And Their Prayers?
a cinquain
Anesthesia
mixed meter quatrains for Dee
Aphorisms: An Opposing View
a humorous minute poem
Apple Leapt from Laden Branch
a whimsical abc poem
Apple Pie
a Fourth of July acrostic
Apples Go Crunch
a five stanza ABC Poem
Apples Sliced
a Whitney poem
April Ballet
a septolet
Are Roses Aware?
a tanka
Arlington in Spring
a reflective septolet
Armistice Day
reflective senryu
Around and Round
a pantoum sonnet
Artistry
a Whitney
As Berries Burst With Juice
two octets in 6/7/6/7/6/6/6/6
As Fairies Circle Round the Fire
a retourne - see author's notes
As Fragile is the Love
a pantoum sonnet - see contest rules
As I Go Down and Down and Down
a quatern
As I Lay Dying
Why this has always been my favorite book.
As Ice Forms on a Fruitless Tree
a quatern
As Katydids Sing Through the Night
a variation of a mirrored refrain poem
As Meadows Offer Up Their Gifts
three quatrains
As Petals Drop
a modified triolet
As Quiet As A Secret
rhyming quatrains
As Raindrops Patter One by One
a quintilla
As Rivers Flow
Four Quatrains for Sawyer
As Storms Approach
a rondelet
As Summer Wanes
a rondelet
As Sunlight Sparkles on the Snow
two quatrains in rhyming couplets
As Sunshine Drips its Honeyed Gold
a mirrored refrain poem
Ash Wednesday
poetic reflections
Ash Wednesday (2010)
contemplative double tetractys
Ashes to Ashes
a poem for September 11
At First Dawn
an octet in anapestic meter
At Times
a rhyming poem in 8/6/8/6
Attracted to the Light
an ampeletum
August 7, 1945
a septolet
August 9, 1945
a septolet
Babel
reflective quatrains
Baby Dior
satiric septolet
Baby Love
Happy Memories in 9/8/9/8 meter
Backyard Treasures
Memories of a time when a feather was a treasure
Bajira the Bamboozler
humorous quatrains
Balderdash and Gobbledygook
an acrostic poem
Balloons Will Burst
an octogram
Barren Fields
contemplative tanka
Battlefield Lament
reflective naani (for war series)
Baxter Bear
rhyming couplets for Sawyer and Miranda
Be Gone, Ye Bride of Horror
all in fun just to share the photo
Be Not Confined
an octogram
Beauty
quatrains in 8/7/8/7
Beauty in Abundance
an ampeletum
Become the Ram
an octogram for Kat - see author's notes
Bedelia
a limerick
Bedtime Stories End
a naani
Before
reflective rictameter
Before a Chick
two quatrains in 8/7/8/7
Before I Cross the Door
reflective rictameter
Before The Bee Made Honey
rhyming quatrains in abcb rhyme
Before We Toast the New Year In
a modified triolet - see author's notes
Behind the Door
a poem in iambic tetrameter
Behold the Penguin
a fanciful quatrain with a message
Behold the Web
A Quatern
Belief
Two Quatrains on Childhood Faith
Belief is Born
an Octogram
Belly Laughs
rhyming quatrains
Below the Lilies
a triolet
Below the Snow
a modified triolet
Beware This Night
A tetrabreve - see author's notes
Beware What Lies
a cautionary nonet
Beyond the Charts
a rispetto
Beyond the Pier
poem
Birthing Place
a reflective tanka
Blizzard
rhyming acrostic
Blowing Bubbles
Reflective Quatrains
Blue
a nonet
Blue Nude
A Cinquain inspired by Matisse's painting
Blue Sky Days
8 line contemplative poem
Bluebell Woods
a Whitney
Bluebells
a two stanza Quintilla
Bluebells Chime
a Whitney
Bodacious
a wildly modified triolet
Bottom Line Thinking
a Whitney
Bounce
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Bouquets of Bonuses
reflections
Braggadocio
three quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Breakfast at the Shelter
a reflective naani about acts of kindness
Breath
poem in iambic monometer
Brianna Knew No Manners
rhyming poem for children
Bridges
whitney
Bright Colors Splash
a rondelet
Broken
a cinquain
Bubble- Blowing Breeze
rhyming quatrains in 6/6/8/6
Buds of Hope
contemplative quatrains
Bumbershoots and Slickers
a slightly modified quatern
Burnt Orange is October
quatrains in mixed mter
Busy
two quatrains on priorities
But They Remained
a Halloween-inspired octogram
Buttercup Mornings
rhyming quatrains
By Burbling Brook
a rondeau
By Leaps and Bounds
a rondelet
C'est la Vie!
poetic reflections
Calliope
an octogram for my father
Campfire Wisdom
cautionary quatrains
Canoodling
a whimsical Whitney
Cantankerous
A humorous story poem.
Casablanca
rhyming quatrains
Catch of the Day
humorous quatrains
Caterpillar
four quatrains in tribute to my favorite insect
Cats and Laps
a lune
Cedric
rhyming poem
Celebrate
rhyming quatrains with an anapestic beat
Celebrate the Dandelion
a pantoum
Cemetery Voices
What do the dead have to tell us?
Certainties
a cinquain
chasms rent in rocks
5/7/5 poetry
Check List
ABC Poem
Cherry on the Top
Rhyming Couplets
Choices
whimsical rhyming quatrains
Choices
A Poem in Quatrains
Christmas Pantoum
a pantoum
Cinnamon Bread
a bit of whimsy
Clarity
contemplative quatrains
Clickety Clack
rhyming quatrains
Clickety Clack (acrostic)
an acrostic poem
Clover's Luck
a Whitney
Cogitating Cows
A Day of Meditation in the land of A-Z.
Come Celebrate
a triolet
Come Celebrate The Trees So Tall
a rondeau
Come in Prayer
a Nove Otto poem
Complacency (a cautionary epigram)
an epigram
Consider the Blue-Footed Booby
rhyming quatrains in 9/8/9/8
Conspirators
5/7/5 - not a haiku
Could Beams of Sun Be Used ,,,
quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Courage
Reflections on my need to take a leap of faith.
Creation
a naani
Creation's Inexactitude
A Rispetto inspired by Louis
Creator of the Universe
a poem of thanks
Crumbs
a modified rondelet
Curious
a rispetto
Cut Up Cakes
Memories of my mother's domestic artistry.
Daddy's Little Boy
a Whitney
Daisies
contemplative quatrains
Daisy Chain
Quatrain Poem about Young Love
Dalliance
a whimsical romance
Dandelion Blues
a mirage poem
Dandelion Memories
quatrains in rhyming couplets
Dandelion's Silken Seed
an ABC Poem in two stanzas
Dandelions and Daisies
A lighthearted look at God's gifts to me.
Dandy do the Lions Grow
two happy quatrains
Darkness Saw a Hummingbird
A Whitney
Day Closes Up Her Shop
quatrains in 8/7/8/7
Daybreak
a modern sonnet in praise of fairies and new days
Dear Daisy
a wildly modified whimsical triolet
Dear Santa
some rhyming whimsy in 7/6/8/6
December 7th
quatrains about Pearl Harbor
Decisions
a reflective septolet
Declined: An Earth Day Lament
a rhymed poem for Earth Day
Denial Is The Best Defense
four quatrains in abcb rhyme
Determination
a modified triolet
Dilatory Days
a traditional English Sonnet
Dinner in Darfur
a reflective naani
Divine Design
a quatern
Do Dandelions Know They're Weeds?
a lighthearted poem
Do Falls Withhold Their Water?
Contemplative Quatrains
Do Fishes Ever Feel a Whim?
Humorous Musings in Rhyme
Do Roly Poly Bugs Roll Up?
a poem in rhyming couplets
Do Stars Still Shine?
an octogram
Double Red
three rhyming quatrains
Doubt
a Whitney poem
Drink Deep of Life
a rondelet
Dusk
musings in rhyme and 8/7/8/7 meter
Each Blade of Grass
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Each Drop of Sun that Falls on Me
a celebratory rispetto
Eagle's Eyes
a modified triolet
Earth Day Nonet
contemplative nonet
Epiphanies for a New Age
reflective quatrains
Equanimity
quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Eros
an ABC poem
Every Five Seconds
a poem about God's children
Every Time a Baby Laughs
an octogram for Miranda, my Fairy Girl
Exploding Baby Ducks -
a nonsense tanka (see author's notes, please)
Exuberance
a little poem for those who try to be so serious
Ezekiel Had Half a Smile
quatrains in 8/6/8/6 pure whimsy
Fairy Dust
reflections on kindness
Faith
A modern sonnet about how fortune can change.
Fallen Star
a tanka about a water lily
Falling Stars
poem
Falling Stars and Fireflies
a naani - see author's notes
Familiar Faces
three quatrains in 8/7/8/7
Fastnacht Day
quatrains about Fat Tuesday
Fat and Sassy Worms
a shadorma for my good friend James
Fear
a modified nove otto
Fear, the Greatest Evil
An essay on why fear is at the heart of all evil.
Fearless
My daughter's first thrill ride at Great Adventure
Festoon Each Tree
A Triolet
Field of Flowers
a florette
Fields of Gold
two lighthearted quatrains
Fill My Heart
A Whitney for Sunday and every day
Finale Theam
SPAG can be fun
Finality
rictameter
Fireflies
a Whitney poem
Fireflies and Lightning Bugs
A Whitney
First Base
four rhyming lines
Flabbergasted
A comic tale.
Flag Day
reflective double tetractys poem
Flamingos Pose
A Whimsical Whitney
Flight
quatrains on the nature of beauty
Flirtatious Flowers
whimsical quatrains
Flowers of the Holy Night
a Christmas poem in rhyming couplets
Flowery Lullaby
Quatrains using flower names
Fog
Halloween-inspired poem NOT for children
Footfalls
a wildly modified double triolet
For Ernest Hemingway
a nonet on the 110th anniversary of his birth
For Leaves that Fall
a thanksgiving prayer in 8/6/8/8/6
For My Grandson
a triolet
For Those Not Here
A Christmas rondeau of remembrance
For Those Who Take a Minute
Blessed are the Slackers
Forbidden Fruit
a shadorma
Forecast: Gloomy
a Halloween-themed poem
Foreshadowing
A Reflective Septolet
Forget Me Nots
two quatrains in 8/7/8/7
Four-leaf Clover
A Whitney poem
Fragrant Memories of my Mother
Nostalgic Memory Poem
Fred's Fedora
whimsical rhyming couplets
Freddy the Pig
A book series that helped shape my life.
Free Will
chain rhyming
Freedom
A humorous septolet
freshly fallen flakes
a poem in 17 syllables
Friendly Advice
two quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Friendship's Grasp
rhyming quatrains with a repeating pattern
Fumbling
A Rispetto
Gabfest
Some whimsy for folks who love words.
Garden Reverie (heavily edited)
Whimsical musings on your garden's inhabitants
Ghoulies Grumble
Halloween Poem in trochaic meter
Giddyup, little pony
rhyming quatrains
Gifts of Love
a Whitney
Give Thanks for the Little Things
a child's Thanksgiving poem
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
a modified triolet
Glass Wax Christmas
A mother of the 50's decorates for Christmas
Gloating
With Winnng comes Bragging Rights :-)
Globes of sun
ampeletum - see author's notes
Gloom Soon Passes
trochaic meter in 7/8/7/8
Glorious Glows the Sunshine
Happy Quatrains for Miranda
Glory, Glory
quatrains in 8/7/8/7 format
God Belly Laughs
an octogram - third week in Advent: Joy
God First Made Light
a rondeau - see author's notes
God Offers His Fruits
a tanka
God's Ambassadors
three quatrains in 8/6/8/6
God's Laughter Shook the Skies
a Kyrielle
God's Light Denied
a minute poem
Good Friday
A Cinquain
Good Friday Prayer
a poem in 6/6/6/6 and anapestic meter
Good Grief
satiric septolet
Grace Notes Play
a Fantasy Whitney for the Winter Weary
Gracious Winner? No, Not I.
a poem for Lee
Grandpa's Hands
a septolet
Grandpa's Hands
Memories of my Grandpa Nelsen
Green the Grass
A Whitney poem - 3/4/3/4/3/4/7
Green the Grass and Blue the Sky
quatrains in 7/7/7/7
Grumpy Cat Grumbled
a rhyming poem especially for Sawyer
Guilty as Sin
Humorous quatrains on making excuses
Had I The Chance
a rondeau
haiku (apple on a branch)
5/7/5 autumn haiku
haiku (currents carry ice)
5/7/5 nature haiku
haiku (cygnets in a row)
nature haiku
haiku (mournful coos of doves)
5/7/5 haiku
haiku (pine boughs bend)
a winter lament
haiku (pumpkins not yet pie)
whimsical haiku
haiku (ripples undulate)
5/7/5 haiku
haiku (silhouetted trees)
5/7/5 nature haiku
Halloween Dare
quatrains with a chain rhyme
Halloween Warning
an acrostic poem
Hand in Hand
A Whitney
Harbingers of Spring
quatrain poem celebrating spring
Harrison Harrington Smythson
a story poem for children
Hatemongers do not Speak for God
a rhyming rant about Pat Robertson
Have You Thanked A Bee?
Humorous 5/7/5 - NOT a haiku
Heigh-Ho For Love
a rondelet
Helpful Harry Harrison
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Herbie the Hippo
children's story poem in anapestic meter
Here
a rhyming poem
Here I Am
an octet in mixed meter
High Hopes
a naani poem
Holden Caufield in A-Z Land
Teenaged Angst in Catcher in the Rye
Holly, the Christmas Fairy
A Fairy alerts Shepherds to the Christmas miracle
Home
a reflective septolet
Hope
an Octogram for the First Week of Advent
Hope (a nonet)
a nonet
Hope is for the Hopeful
a reflective cinquain
Hope Travels with the Squirrel
Advent poem in 7/6/7/6
Hope, the Guest More Welcome
a quatrain poem
Horatio Had Many Plans
a bit of poetic whimsy
Horizon Won't Receive the Sun
a quatern
Hospitality
Everyone depends on others sometimes.
How Fairy Dust Came to Be
a modern sonnet about unicorns and fairies
How Great Life Is
an octogram
How Great the Gift
A Triolet
How I Long to Catch a Breeze
an octogram
Hunger
reflective naani
Hurray!
rhyming quatrains in 8/7/8/7
Hyperbole
four rhyming quatrains
I Feel the Shadows Hover
Halloween-inspired quatrains in 8/7/8/7
I Am
contemplative quatrains
I Am But Her Spoiled Child
a poem for Earth Day
I am not a Swan
a tanka
I am the Star
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
I Believe in Fairies
A poem that sums up my faith.
I Blew a Dandelion's Seeds
two lighthearted quatrains
I Bounce My Red Ball
a quatern
I Came Upon a Lily
two whimsical quatrains in 7/6/7/6
I Can't Keep Up
some thoughts in rhyme
I Choose to Laugh
an octogram
I Contemplate
modified octogram
I Couldn't See the Moon
quatrains in 8/6/8/6
I Danced a Dance
a rondeau
I Didn't Stand a Chance
a children's poem in rhyming couplets
I Dip My Toes
three quatrains in 8/6/8/6
I Espied a Caterpillar
two quatrains in 8/8/7/7
I Feared
an English sonnet
I Feel a Laugh Escaping
a rhyming poem in 7/6/8/6
I Found a Fallen Star
quatrains in 8/6/8/6
I Found a Four Leaf Clover
two quatrains in 7/6/7/6
I Found a Missing Sunbeam
quatrains in abcb rhyme
I Found a Treasure
a Rispetto
I Got An Invitation
rhyming quatrains
I Had a Choice
a rondeau
I Have No Time
Rhyming Poem - see author's notes
I Hear God Laughing
a humorous quatrain
I Hear the Beat
a rondelet
I Hear the Breakers
a heroic rispetto
I Hear Your Laughter
a sonnet for Sawyer
I Heard a Knock
quatrains in 8/7/8/7
I Issued an Invitation
poem in mixed meter and abcb rhyme
I Know Beneath the Snow-Froze Ground
two quatrains in 8/6/8/6
I Know There Must Be Unicorns
rhyming quatrains
I Leap
minute poem
I Locked a Door
reflective quatrains
I Long to Float
a reflective retourne
I Long to Ride the Restless Waves
quatrains - see author's notes
I Long to Sail
a double echo poem
I Look Around and This I See
a quatern
I Love My Mom
rhyming quatrains
I Love You More
for Sawyer, of course :-)
I May Not Catch Each Shooting Star
an octogram-inspired poem
I Meant to Sail the Oceans
contemplative quatrains
I Met a Fish
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
I Once Believed
two quatrains
I Played My Song
a wrapped refrain
I Pray, Be Brave
a Halloween-themed octogram
I Pulled Potato's Tail Off
rhyming quatrains for Sawyer
I Resolved to Count the Petals
a quatrain poem in mixed meter
I Saw a Bird
quatrains in iambic tetrameter
I Search the Coast
a minute poem
I Searched the Well for Wishes
English Sonnet
I Startled a Rabbit
a bit of rhyming whimsy
I Stood Apart
a rondeau
I Think about a Field of Light
quatrains in 8/7/8/7
I Thought I Saw a Squiggle
rhyming quatrains in 7/6/7/6
I Toss My Arms
a rondel
I Tried To Lose My Shadow
rhyming quatrains in 7/6/7/6
I Tried to Stop the Setting Sun
a modified triolet
I Try So Hard for Serious
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
I Turn My Life into a Prayer
a villanelle
I Used to Think I Understood
quatrains in rhyming couplets
I Wakened a Sunbeam
an ampeletum poem - see author's notes
I Walked, Endlessly
contemplative quatrains
I Wander Where the Water Wends
a villanelle
I Wandered the Desert
rhyming quatrains in 6/5/6/5
I Want to Be the Boasting Frog
three quatrains
I Watch the World Turn White
A modified triolet - see author's notes
I Watch Waves Flow
a rondeau redouble - see author's notes
I Wish I Were a Bumble Bee
rhyming quatrains in 8/7/8/7
I Wish My Candle Still Would Burn
a Halloween-inspired modified triolet
I Wished For A Ruby
4 rhyming quatrains
I Wonder
a quatern
I Wonder as I Wander
a whimsical poem - no claim to any form
I Wonder What the Waters Hold
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
I Wonder Why
an octogram
I Would Have Slept In Late
a pantoum
I Wouldn't Switch Places
rhyming tercets
I'd Fly a Kite
an octogram
I'd Paint the Alps
a love poem
I'd Wrestle Alligators
fun with the alphabet
I'll Carry You
wildly modified triolet
I'll Fetch a Pail of Stars for You
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
I'll Give you Sunsets
rhyming quatrains
I'm But a Tiny Drop of Rain
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
I'm Jivin' to Joy
a poem in rhyming couplets
I'm Sending Invitations
rhyming quatrains
I've Been Asked
A Poem
I've Lost My Taste for Commonplace
a rhyming poem in 8/7/8/7
I've Never Known
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
I've Never Wrestled Crocodiles
a romantic rispetto
I've Raked My Path
a triolet
I've Seen the Pale Moon
3 quatrains in 8/6/8/6
I've Seen Those Days
quatrains in abab rhyme
I've Watched White Horses
a nove otto
I'm But a Purple Thistle
reflective quatrains
I'm nobody! Who are you?
Musings on a line from Emily Dickinson
I, Who Haven't Learned to Fly
three quatrains in 7/6/7/6
Ice
a triolet
Ice Clings to the Thuja Tree
a quatrain in 7/7/7/7
Identity
rhyming quatrains
If
a brief word of warning
If I Could be Rapunzel
A poem for Sawyer and Chloe
If Cherries Grew On Lemon Trees
three quatrains
If Ever
a rispetto
If Everyone Knew
poetic pondering
If Expectations Made a Sound
a modified triolet
If Fairies Did Not Fly
an ampeletum
If Fall Should Ever Disappear
rhyming quatrains
If Fish Were Granted Wishes
whimsical rhyming quatrains
If Green is Grass
a rhyming poem in 8/6/8/6
If Heaven Ever Visits Earth
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
If Hippos Lived in Cities
rhyming quatrains in 7/6/7/6
If I Am Called to Calculate
a triolet-inspired poem
If I Can't Make the Shot
a swap quatrain
If I Can't Skip a Stone
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
If I Controlled Life's Ticking Clock
quatrains in 8/6/8/6
If I Could Be A Rolling Wave
a pantoum
If I Could Fly
rhyming couplets
If I Could Fly
an octogram
If I Could Just an Otter Be
whimisically musing quatrains
If I Could Linger
triolet
If I Could Sail Beneath the Stars
rhyming quatrains
If I Could Travel
rhyming quatrains
If I Could Write Like Emily
Contemplative Quatrains
If I Had Eyes
quatrains in abab rhyme
If I have my Druthers
a whimsical romantic wish
If I Must Die
My wish for a joyous attitude toward dying
If I Were a Swan
a poem in rhyme and mixed meter
If Joy be in the Details
rhyming quatrains
If Joy Were Measured by the Smile
a poem in rhyming couplets
If Life is a Drum
a swap quatrain
If Life Takes Turns
a rhyming ABC Poem
If Love Be Flowers
rhyming quatrains in 8/7/8/7
If Love Be Stars
slightly modified triolet
If Love Should Saunter Up My Walk
rhyming quatrains
If Offered a Seat
a rhyming poem in mixed meter
If Only I Had Time
a fragmented triolet
If Solace Be in Silence Found
rhyming couplets
If There Are Fairies
a modified pantoum for Miranda
If There Is No Bridge
a poem in mixed meter
If There Were Only Just We Two
A Triolet
If Thoughts Were More Like Acorns
rhyming quatrains in mostly 7/6/8/6 count
If Wishes Came in Batches
a poem for Miranda and Sawyer
If You Are Ever Lost
a modified triolet
If You Should Ask
a rondeau
Ifs
a Whitney
Immodesty
quatrains in 7/6/7/6
In a Faraway Place
story poem
In a Pool of Muck and Mud
humorous Whitney
In a Time Before Day Followed Night
a poem in mixed meter
In a Time before the Waters
rhyming quatrains
In an Emerald Fairyland
fantasy quatern
In Chloe's Smile
a swap quatrain
In Dreams I Romp with Kangaroos
fantasy quatrains
In Dreams I Set A Course
a pantoum sonnet - see notes for form
In Exultation
A Lune
In Light She's Bathed
rondeau
In Memoriam
My Tribute to Andrew Wyeth, the Master
In Memoriam
for Miranda and her sons
In My Imagination
quatrains in 7/6/7/6
In One Bloom
a Whitney
In Still Appreciation
Three Quatrains in 8/7/8/7
In the Dead of Winter
as close to free verse as I get ;-)
In the Glow of the Midnight Moon
rhyming quatrains in mixed meter
In the Hush of a Storm's Aftermath
rhyming octet - read author's note
In the Razzle-Dazzle Shimmer
rhyming quatrains for Miranda
In the Shade
a nonet
Inauguration Night
Reflecting on Voices of the Past
Individuality
a rispetto
Inertia
A humorous look at the human condition.
Innocence
a Naani
Interlude
not every day is sunshine
Intermission
a rispetto
Irises in Bloom
reflective quatrains
Is Faith the Wave?
rhyming quatrains
It All Starts
a chain of Tetractys stanzas
It Was In May
a wildly modified whimsical triolet
It's Christmas Eve
a rondeau
It's In Your Smile
A valentine for Sawyer in octogram format
Jack in the Pulpit
Reflective Quatrains
Janis
a reflective rispetto
Jehosephat Smith & His Sidekick Bill
a story poem in rhyming couplets
Jeremiah Johnson Brown
quatrains in rhyming couplets
Joe Giraffe's Dilemma part one
a humorous story poem
Johnny Jump Up, Filled with Hope
a wildly modified double triolet
Josiah Hezekiah
a love story in rhyme
Josiah Nehemiah Wright
rhyming quatrains
Joy
four rhyming quatrains
Joy (third Sunday in Advent)
an octogram
Joy and Peace (two nonets)
two nonets for Advent
Jubilate Deo
quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Jump In
a poem for my friend Eliane :-)
June 1, 1925
a reflective septolet
June 12, 1929 (for Anne Frank)
a reflective septolet
Just Being Honest
Scottish Stanzas - see notes
Just Out of Reach
a rondeau
Keys
a poem for the key lover in my life
Kinetic Kangaroos
kangaroos and their joeys in the world of A-Z.
King Sawyer
a story poem in rhyming couplets
Kiss Me
More Whimsy with Flowers - see author's notes
La-di-da
A cautionary tale
Labor Day
For many every day is labor day
Labor of Love
a reflective nonet
Lady Macbeth in A-Z land
a look at deceit, murder and remorse
Ladybug
an acrostic
Ladybug, What Have you Seen?
a Whitney just for fun
Last Request
Reflective Quatrains
Last Wish
What would you do if given one final wish?
Leander
poem
Leander Ordered Service
poem
Leap
a rhyming epigram
Leapfrog
a modified quatern
Leaping Dolphins
a reflective septolet
Lemony Daffadowndilly
whimsical shadorma
Lent
reflective quatrains
Leonidas
a story poem in rhyming couplets
Lessons Of A Lily Pad
four quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Let It Snow
a humorous Whitney
Letting Go
a Whitney
Lickety-split
whimsical shadorma
Lickety-split
a Whitney
Life Doesn't Die with Sunset
three quatrains in 7/6/8/6
Life Has One Lesson
a Halloween-inspired quatern
Life is a Bell
seven quatrains in rhyming couplets
Life Spins Like a Whirligig
a Whitney poem - see author's notes
Life's A Carousel
5/7/5 - not a haiku or senryu
Life's a Spinning Carousel
mirage poem
Life's Possibilities Abound
a poem for the new year
Life's Surprise
a rispetto
Life's Surprises
rhyming quatrains in 8/7/8/7
Life's Tracks Stretch Out
four quatrains in 8/7/8/7
Life's Wishful Thinkers
A Whitney
Life's Many Moods
reflective quatrains
Like Superman
a minute poem
Like Whales in a Puddle
a poem in abcb rhyme
Lilies of the Valley
a joyous quatern
Lips
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Listen As I Whisper
three quatrains in 6/5/6/5 trochaic meter
Listening to Silence
an ABC poem
Little Fawn
art-inspired whimsy
Llama's Lament
An animal A-Z with a literary allusion
Lollapalooza
A bit of nonsense.
Long Are The Days
three quatrains in mixed meter
Long Live Compassionate Reviewers
a satirical Fanstory review
Longings
Reflections on those who are harder to love.
Looking for Signs
contemplative quatrains
Lord of the Flies in A-Z land
What happens to People when Society Breaks Down
Lost at Sea
contemplative quatrains
Love (fourth week of Advent)
an octogram
Love (final nonet in Advent series)
a nonet
Love Letters to God
a simple verse
Love Placed His Gentle Hand On Mine
two quatrains in 8/7/8/7
Love When Shared
A Whitney
Low Tide
quatrains in 7/6/8/6
Lullaby
An offer of comfort for any who feel in need
Luna
a quatern
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
Poverty in the land of A-Z
Magic - a Childhood Reminiscence
Memories of simple presents in a simpler time
Magic Fairy Dust
an acrostic sonnet
Make A Joyful Noise
a villanelle
Make Life Your Prayer
an octogram
Malaria
a reflective naani
Mama Tries to Pin the Blame
two wildly wildly modified triolets
Man on the Moon
a nonet for the fortieth anniversary
Many Are the Brave
Memorial Day Acrostic
Marbled Memories
Quatrains on childhood memories
Masters of the Universe
not exactly a septolet
Maximilian
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
May 6, 1940 - May 6, 2009
a septolet about the test of time
May Laughter Grace Your Every Day
a Kyrielle
May's Kitchen
a Whitney
Melodious Meadowlark
Nature's musician from a to z.
Memorial Day
a reflective septolet
Mercy
a cinquain
Merrily
a whimsical Fibonacci poem (see author's notes)
Merry Christmas, Santa Claus
a rhyming Whitney
Methuselah
humorous musings
Mine Eyes Have Seen
quatrains in 8/7/8/7
Minnows Swim
four quatrains - see author's notes
Miranda
a joyful septolet
Miranda the Fairy Queen
rhyming quatrains
Miranda the Merry
a story poem in rhyming couplets
Momentary Magic
tanka
Monkeyshines
Some silly thoughts on human foibles
Monster Who Moved to My Neighborhood
a poem for Nora and Sawyer
More
quatrains in rhyming couplets
More Worth Seeing
A Whimsical Whitney
Morning Glories
a nonet
Morning Glory Morning
Quatrains about the Countryside in Bloom
Morning Song
a rondelet
Morning's Glory
a celebratory Whitney poem
Most Certainly
A lighthearted Rondelet
Mother to Child
A Whitney
Motion
two rhyming quatrains
Motivation
a cinquain
Motivational Speakers, Stand Aside
satirically reflective cinquain - see notes
Music Is Playing Every Day
rhyming quatrains in 8/7/8/7
Musings in the Meadow
A Whimsical Octelle
My Accidental Garden
quatrains in 8/7/8/7
My Art Gallery
quatrains about my children's artworks
My Big Green Friend
quatrains in rhyming couplets
My Christmas Alphabet
rhyming couplets for Sawyer's first Christmas
My Christmas Check List
rhyming couplets in anapestic meter
My Christmas List
a rispetto
My Coffers Hold No Golden Coins
quatrains
My Days of Polliwogs
modified triolet
My Easy To-Do List
rhyming quatrains in 8/7/8/7
My Eyes
a pantoum
My Fair and Fetching Violet
a quintilla
My Faith Restores
a rondeau
My Family
an acrostic in rhyming couplets
My Father was a Gardener
rhyming quatrains
My Father's Garden
a Whitney
My Father's Voice (Rondeau)
A Rondeau
My Father's Voice Made Poetry Mine
A remembrance of my dad and poetry.
My Firefly
whimsical shadorma
My Friend's a Jack-O'-Lantern
rhyming quatrains in 7/6/7/6
My Friends Will Stay
octogram
My Garden
quatrains in 8/7/8/7
My Garden's Wearing Petticoats
rhyming quatrains
My Grandpapa Canoodled
whimsical rhyming quatrains
My Grandpapa Was Quite a Man
A Quatern
My Heart's Defense
quatrains in 8/6/8/6
My Meadow's Ripe
quatrains in 8/6/8/6
My Memories
a rondelet
My Morning at the Zoo
A humorous septolet about otters
My Mother's Voice
Reflections on memories lost.
My Neighbor's Dream
reflections in rhyme
My New Year's Wish
rhyming quatrains in 8/7/8/7
My Oranges are Ripe and Sweet
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
My Overflowing Memories
a poem in 8/6/8/8/6
My Red Balloon
Reflective Quatrains
My Red Balloon: A Tall Tale
a pantoum - see author's notes
My Shadow Friend
a children's poem in rhyme
My Strongest Recommendation
A review of a compelling novel on this site
My Wish
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Narcissus
a quintilla
Nathaniel and the Walruses
quatrains in 8/7/8/7
Nature's Gold
a double rispetto
Nature's Serendipity
A Whitney Poem
Nature's Nativities
Newborn life in the world of A-Z
Necessity
a wildly modified triolet
New Year's Toast
rhyming quatrains
Nicodemus had a Friend
rhyming quatrains
Night's Surprise
two quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Nightmare: a Halloween Triolet
a triolet
No Blessing Is An Accident
A Kyrielle
No Daisy Ever Looks Askance
a triolet
No Elephants Live in Encino
a bit of poetic whimsy
No Escape
three quatrains in anapestic meter
No Gentlemen Came Calling
two quatrains in 7/6/7/6
No Gift So Great
two quatrains in 8/6 for the 4th Sunday in Advent
No Limitations Can Be Set
quatrains in 8/6/8/6
No Love Burns Stronger
a triolet
No Miracles Occurred Today
rhyming couplets
No Night That Ever Cast Its Cloak
a quatern
No One Gets to Grasp the Sun
three quatrains
No One Knows
ABC Poem
No Parapet Was Ever Built
a pantoum
No River Travels Far
a sonnet
No Steps Missed
a nonet
Nobody is Perfect
Not all lessons learned are taught with wisdom.
Nobody Knows
poem to be read aloud
Nobody Knows When a Giggle Will Grow
a children's poem in rhyme
Not Even Stones
a rondelet
Not One's Too Small
a minute poem
Nothing is a Substitute
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
November 22: In Memoriam
a cinquain
Ocean Waves
quatrain poem about the ocean's moods
Oceans Wide and Rainbows High
rhyming quatrains in 7/6/7/6
Ode to Laughter
rhyming quatrains in 8/7/8/7
On a Day Alive with Promise
rhyming quatrains in 8/7/8/7
On a Night of Fragrant Jasmine
a pantoum
On Approaching Sixty
two quatrains in 8/7/8/7
On Days the Sun Should Disappear
A Rondel
On Safari
rhyming quatrains
On the Edge of a New Frontier
a Whitney
One Child
5/7/5 poem - not a haiku, see contest rules
One Dandelion
poem
One Footstep Leads...
please read author notes
One Gliding Hawk
contemplative quatrains
One Lone Shell
A Contemplative Whitney
One Night
a monotetra
One Simple Flower
an ottava rima
One Star
an octogram
One Star, Two Stars
a counting poem for children
One Step Beyond
two quatrains of rhyming couplets
One White Rose
A Whitney
One Wisp of White
an English Sonnet
Oops!
rhyming quatrains in 8/7/8/7
Orion's Belt
a humorous Whitney
Oscar the Octopus
a poem in rhyming couplets
Otters, Life's Celebrants
Delighting in Otters from A to Z
Our Souls Ignite
a quaternion - see author's notes
Our Town in the Land of A-Z
Emily Webb, an all American small town girl
Out of Town
a note to friends
Painting
My dad's gift introduced me to art and the world.
Palm Sunday
reflective septolet
Panda and Crocodile
two humorous Whitney poems
Pansies
an ABC poem
Pantoum for Peace
A Poet's Lament for the Lost Lives of All Wars
Pantoum of Praise
a pantoum
Passersby
How often do we not see anyone but ourselves?
Peace (second week of Advent)
an octogram
Peace is the Question
a Whitney poem - see author's notes
Peace On Earth
an acrostic
Peace, Perhaps
a double tetractys
Peals of Laughter
a Pantoum
Penny Candy
a lighthearted look at life's cheapest joys
Perspective
A Whitney
Petunia
rhymed quatrains
Photographs
A Whitney poem
Pickles and Ketchup
a love poem for Sawyer
Piggy Pastimes
A relaxing day in the land of A to Z.
Pilloried
rhyming whimsy
Pink Magnolias
an ampeletum
Pinwheels Spin
a whimsical Whitney poem - see author's notes
Pockets Full of Plenty
a rictameter - see author's notes
Poetry
quatrains about the limitations of poetry
Polliwog
a shadorma with rhyme
Prayer of Supplication
a triolet
Prayer of Thanksgiving
A Prayer of Gratitude for LIfe's small blessings.
Prayers of Supplication
I lift up my prayers to God.
Precision
an etheree - see author's notes
Prelude to a Funeral
reflective septolet
Prelude to Chancellorsville
reflective septolet
Priorities
a rispetto
Promises
a Whitney
Proof
for Miranda
Proposal
a Quintilla
Purple is the Royal Robe
two quatrains in trochaic meter
Quatrains for Gary Cooper
reflective quatrains
Queen Anne's Lace
a slightly modified pantoum
Queen Anne's Lace
a quintilla
Questions
Reflections on prayers of supplication
Questions for a Goldfish
Quatrains about Contentment
Racist Stereotypes live on
A response to an awful image circulating today.
Rain Drops
A Reflective Double Tetractys
Rain is Falling
quatrains in 7/7/7/7
Rainbow Dreams
rhyming quatrains for Nora
Raise High Our Flag
quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Raspberries and Cream
reflective septolet
Reaching
a naani
Reality
humorous quatrains about poetry and real life
Reality Check
a pep talk in rhyme
Reciprocity
a whimsical Whitney
Recollection
quatrains on life's highlights
Red Riding Hood - the Truth
The Wolf's Story in Rhyming Quatrains
Reflection
a Whitney
Regrets
a rispetto
Regrets, I've had a Few
a satiric limerick
Rejoice
a lai
Release Us
A Kyrielle for Armistice Day
Reluctant Ode
just a bit of fun - for Amicus
Remembrances
a rispetto
Remembrances of My Father
reflective cinquain
Repentance
two quatrains in 7/6/8/6
Requiem for Lost Hope
a cinquain
Requiescat in Pace
a satiric limerick
Resilience
a shadorma in 3/5/3/3/7/5
Responsibilities
wistful quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Reverie
a quatrain poem about not doing much
Richard III in A-Z land
Jealousy, murder, treason - oh my!!
Riches of the Tide
a florette
riotous the stars
5/7/5 - not a haiku
Rivers
a Whitney poem
Rivulets of Rain
5/7/5 poem
Robin's Egg
a short poem
robins
A Birthday Tribute for Margaret Snowdon
Run Toward Joy
a rispetto
Safari of the Sky
rhyming quatrains
Sage Advice
whimsical wisdom for the ages :-)
Sailing on a Paper Boat
a modified triolet
Salutations
rhyming quatrains in 8/7/8/7
Samuel Emmanuel
quatrains in abcb rhyme
Samuel James Nehemiah Hill
a legend in rhyme
Sapphire Wings
a tercet poem
Sassy Sawyer Takes A Walk
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Schadenfreude
humorous look at our darker impulses
Scuttling Crabs
humorous quatrains in 8/7/8/7
Sebastian James Jehosaphat
rhyming quatrains
Sensory Overload Holiday Style
5/7/5 poem
September
a reflective septolet
Serendipity
whimsical quatrains
Seven Days Of Smiles
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Shadow Dance
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Shall I?
whimsical quatrains
Sharing
a whimsical minute poem
Should Droughts Deplete the Land
rhyming quatrains in 6//6/8/6
Should You Find
a rhyming Whitney
Siddhartha in A-Z land
We each must seek our own truths
Silence
A Reflection
Silence Met With Solitude
two quatrains in mixed meter
Silent Screams
A Poem of Love for One who hears the screams.
Silhouettes
a poem in 8/6/8/6
Six words to unite us all
My tribute to all who came before
Skimming Stones
A Pantoum
Skipping Stones
A Modified Pantoum
Slightly Damaged
A humorous confessional
Sluggish Snail, Why Tarrying?
a whimsical Whitney - see author's notes
Small Gifts
Just what does trigger memories?
Small Pleasures
A Whimsical Whitney
Smiles
A Happy Whitney for a Happy Picture
Snapshot
A poem about a lasting memory of my mother.
Snow
cinquain-inspired poem
So Serious
a poem for Miranda and Sawyer
Solitaire
a rispetto
Solitude
reflective quatrains
Solitude Was Made For One
rhyming quatrains in 7/5/7/5
Solveig's Daughter: A Romance
The story of how I came to be.
Some Claim
Three quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Some Days Amaze
contemplative quatrains
Some See
rhyming quatrains in 7/6/7/6
Some Stars Reside
poem in rhyming couplets
Some Think
rhyming quatrains in 6//6/8/6
Some Will Miss the Parades
a reflective Fourth of July septolet
Somebody Thinks
a rhyming poem in mixed meter
Sometimes One Time Will Not Suffice
a quatern
Sometimes the Answer Sucks
a reflective naani poem
Sound Every Bell
another Christmas rondeau
Sounds and Sights
a celebration of life
Soup to Nuts
a cinquain
Sparkling Rays
a quatern
Speaking My Piece
a naani about war
Speeding Up the Peace Process
A Wishful Whitney
Splendiferous Our Mother Earth
A Triolet
Splendiferous the Golden Sun
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Splendiferous the Scents of Spring
triolet
Spoken Vows
a lento poem - see author's notes
Spots to Spare
children's rhyming poem
Spotted Fawn
3/5/3 haiku
Stargazer
What answers do the stars reveal?
Steadfast Seahorse
A tribute to fatherhood in the land of A-Z.
Stepping Stones
a traditional sonnet
Stewardship
A Triolet
Summer Skies
This poem evokes memories of my childhood summers.
Summer Whimsy
a rispetto
Summertime Has Come
quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Sun Began To Rub Her Eyes
an ABC Poem in two stanzas
Sun, Sea and Stones
A Whitney poem
Sunflowers
rhyming quatrains
Sunflowers
three quatrains
Sunflowers of September
two quatrains in 7/6/8/6
Sunglow Skies
the colors of dawn
Sunrise, Sunset
four quatrains in 8/7/8/7
sunset
a pantoum
Sunshine and I
a children's poem in rhyming couplets
Supper Time
a reflective naani
Surcease
a mirage poem
Surprise!
a kyrielle
Sweet Aloysius, Eat Your Peas
rhyming quatrains
Sweet Brown-eyed Susan
whimsical quatrains
Sweet Collusion
a quatrain poem - see author's notes
Sweet Imperfections
a rispetto
Sweet Mystery
Can words ever adequately express love?
Sweet Signs of Resurrection
joyful quatrains
Sweet Surprises
a Whitney
Sweet Warrior
a rondeau
Sweet William Came a Courting
a fanciful love story
Sweet William's Love Song
a modified triolet
Swing Wide Your Doors
an octogram
Swirling Snow
first try at a lovely new form
Synergy
quatrains in chain rhyme
Tallulah and Ichabod
story poem in rhyming couplets
Tangerine
a happy shadorma
tanka (crimson skirts ablaze)
a tanka
tanka (shell-encrusted shoal)
a tanka
Tarantella
a Halloween-themed rispetto
Tarrying Turtle
Ode to a creature who knows how to be laid back.
Temptation
Contemplative Quatrains
Ten Acorns Grew Upon an Oak
rhyming counting poem
Ten Bubbles
a counting poem for children
Ten Dandelions
a counting poem for children
Ten Elephants
counting poem in rhyme
Ten Hippopotami
rhyming quatrains
Ten Hungry Vultures
a Halloween-inspired counting poem
Ten Little Duckies
rhyming couplets for Sawyer
Ten Little Tootsies
Rhyming Couplets
Ten Little Wiggle Toes
two quatrains
Ten Raindrops
a rhyming counting poem
Ten Rubber Ducks
a counting poem for children
Ten Seals
counting poem in rhyme
Ten Spindly Spiders
Halloween Counting Poem NOT for little children
Ten Tears
a counting poem for children
Ten Thousand Children Died Today
reflective quatrains
Ten Worms Emerged
a counting poem for children
Tender Mercies
an octogram
Thanksgiving for Whom?
a cinquain
Thanksgiving Prayer
A Triolet
Thanksgiving Prayer
four quatrains in 7/6/7/6
Thar She Blows
a septolet
That Child at Play
A Modified Triolet
The Precipice
a rispetto
The Aftermath of War
a reflective septolet
The Air Felt Crisp and Clear
a quatern for 9/11
The Air Is Crisp
rhyming quatrains in 8/7/8/7
The Ant
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6 and 8/7/8/7
The Ball from Hell
a monotetra
The Banality of Evil
a reflective septolet
The Beauty of This Day I Praise
a triolet
The Blithesome Brook
a whimsical rhyming Whitney
The Bluebells Can't Be Chiming
quatrains in 7/6/7/6
The Bluest Eye in A-Z land
children deserve self-validation and protection
The Bumblebee
a rondelet
The Butter in the Butterfly
rhyming whimsy
The Butterfly and Lady Bug
contemplative quatrains
The Caterpillar Has to Crawl
a quatern with modified repeating lines
The Chrysler Building
reflective quatrains
The Climb Is Steep
a rondeau
The Colors of My Memories
contemplative quatrains
The Colors of the Rainbow
children's poem
The Coronation
Dreams of a peaceful world among the fairies
The Dandelion
an octogram - see author's notes
The Dandelion Blooms from Seeds
a triolet for my birthday
The Dandelion Stood Alone
a chain rhyme - see contest directions
The Dawn
A Lai - see author's notes
The Day After
Reflective Quatrains
The Day Our Journeys Crossed
4 quatrains in 8/6/8/6
The Drummer
three quatrains in rhyming couplets
The Early Bird
quatrains in 7/6/7/6
The Earth Revolves
a modified pantoum
The Easter Cross
Quatrains of Celebration
The Echo's in the Mountains
a love poem for Miranda and Sawyer
The Eminent Eagle
An elegant entry in the A-Z series.
The Enchanted Toyshelf
a modern sonnet about fairies at bedtime
The Eye of God
A modern sonnet about the homeless
The Eyes
Three Quatrains in 8/6/8/6
The Fairies of Fernwood Forest
a story poem
The Falling Star
rhyming quatrains in 8/7/8/7
The First Day of Spring
one happy quatrain
The First Snowfall
How a Fairy with Faith caused the First Snowfall
The Flibbertigibbet
limerick
The Flowers in My Garden Grow
a pantoum sonnet
The Fog
quatrains in 8/6/8/6
The Food Chain
a wildly modified double triolet for Sawyer
The Food Chain
A whimsical Whitney
The Ghost of Bridget Bishop
Reflective Quatrains
The Ghoulie Ghosts
a Halloween poem for Sawyer
The Gift of Peace
quatrains in 7/6/7/6
The Gift of the Magi in A-Z land.
What gifts go beyond material worth?
The Gifts of Fall
An Octet in abab rhyme
The Grass Grows Greener
a poem in rhyming couplets
The Great and Least
a minute poem
The Hands of Time
a rondelet
The Heart Beholds
a modified rondelet
The Heart Knows What It Knows
4 quatrains in 8/6/8/6
The Heart Selects
an octogram
The Heart When Not Triumphant
a cinquain
The Hopeful Heart
a dizain - see author's notes
The Human Genome Project
Questions about what makes us human.
The Hummingbird
a reflective septolet
The Ibis
Philosphical ponderings in the land of A-Z.
The Iris and the Dandelion
whimsy with a point
The Jackal
Another Halloween- Appropriate A-Z Animal.
The Jitterbug
rhyming quatrains
The Kaleidoscope
free verse musings about the vagaries of life
The Labyrinth
naani
the last hurrah
7/5/5 observation
The Last Hurrah
a Whitney
The Last Leaf
a quatern
The Last Rose
quatrains in 8/7/8/7
The Legend of the Dogwood
reflective quatrain poem
The Library Book Drop
a rhyming poem in 6/5/6/5
The Life of a Stone
a contemplative poem
The Lull before the Storm
a reflective nonet
The Magic Roundabout
more flower-inspired quatrains
The Memory Box
reflections on a box of baby clothes
The Milk Moon
reflective quatrains
The Mirror
a Whitney
The Moon Arrived On Schedule
three quatrains in 7/6/7/6
The Moon Has Loosed Its Grasp
quatrains in 8/6/8/6
The Moon Has Many Lovers
four quatrains in 7/6/7/6
The Moon has Witnessed Many Things
quatrains in 8/6/8/6
The Moon Is My Companion
a rhyming poem in 7/6/7/6
The Moon Might Fall
rhyming quatrains
The Morning Mist
a modified triolet for Earth Day
The Mountain Stream
contemplative quatrains
The Nativity in A-Z Land
Celebrating the Birth of the Christ Child
The Nest
a Pantoum
The Neverending Story
A triolet
The Night the Lights Went Out
story poem in rhyming couplets
The Night When the Skeletons Woke
a poem of horror in anapestic meter
The Orchard
a reflective septolet
The Other Side of Envy
A Nonet
The Path to Peace
an epigram
The Perfect Pearl
a reflective rispetto
The Peril of Each Mask
an epigram
The Poet of the Piers
The True Story of a Homeless Poet
The Poet's Place
two quatrains in 8/7/8/7
The Power of Love
a naani
The Race
Is winnng always the point?
The Raiment of Autumn
a poem in anapestic meter
The Raiments of a Rose
a poem in two quatrains
The Raven
Halloween Horrors in the land of A-Z
The Rest of the World
quatrains in 11/11/11/11
The Rose and the Mum
two quatrains in abab rhyme
The Scarlet Letter in A-Z Land
Hester Prynne - the original liberated woman
The Sea Has Secrets
a story in quatrains
The Sea's So Big
rhyming quatrains
The Second Time Around
rhyming acrostic
The Secrets of the World are Passed
quatrains in 8/6/8/6
The Seeds of Life
a reflective cinquain
The Sleeping Gypsy
rhyming quatrains inspired by a Rousseau painting
The Soapbox Derby
reflective cinquain
The Spray of Sea
a poem in rhyming couplets
The Stars are Falling
poem
The Stars in the Firmaments
a twisted end poem, see author's notes for form
The Stars Shone
a rhyming poem in 6/6/8/6
The Stately Waterwheel
reflective quatrains
The Suitor
two stanzas in 7/7/7/7
The Sun Awoke
a rispetto
The Sun Feels Threatened
a lighthearted triolet for Sawyer
The Sun Sends Forth
A Rispetto
The Sun Will Set
a rondelet
The Sunflower
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
The Swan Holds Little Relevance
a quatern
The Thinker
two quatrains in 8/6/8/6
The Ticking Clock
reflective quatrains
The tides of Time
a rispetto
The Time Flows By
a nonet - see author's notes
The Tolling of a Distant Bell
a triolet
The Tunnel
faith poem
The Voice of Spring
Italian Sonnet
The Way to Serenity
a Nove Otto Poem
The Web
quatrains in 6/6/8/6
The Wheel
reflective quatrains
The Whole World Is My Neighborhood
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
The Wild Things are Blooming
remembering Maurice Sendak
The Wind
rhyming quatrains
The Winter is Approaching
a Shakespearean Sonnet
The Wishing Well
quatrain poem
The World Awaits
an octogram
The World Awaits
five quatrains in abcb rhyme
The World Awaits (quatrains)
quatrains in 8/7/8/7
The World Awakes
a modified triolet
The World Has Offered Us a List
a double rispetto
The World In Which I Live Is Big
rhyming quatrains
The World Is Big
poem
The World Outside My Window
quatrains in 7/6/7/6
The World Was Once...
rhyming quatrains
The World's So Full
an octogram
There Are No Creatures
a modified pantoum
There Are Times
an epigram
There Comes a Time
rhyming quatrains in 8/7/8/7
There is a Meadow
an ottava rima
There Is No Point
children's poem in rhyming couplets
There Is No Softness
a modified triolet
There Is No Way To Calculate
rhyming tercets
There Isn't a Hippo
rhyming quatrains
There Isn't Any News
A Quatern
There Was A Time
Rondeau
There Was A Time (a rondeau)
a rondeau
There's Evil There
a Halloween octogram
They Claim a Cupcake's Missing
rhyming quatrains
They Named Him Alexander
rhyming quatrains
They Say
two quatrains in 8/7/8/7
They Say the World is Moving Fast
rhyming advice for children
They Try to Box Me In
Rhyming Quatrains
This Dandelion, Feeling Blue
a quatern (see contest directions)
This I Know
quatrains in rhyming couplets
Though Autumn Wears...
a modified pantoum
Though Fireflies Contain No Fire
a triolet
Though Tempests Rage
rhyming quatrains
Thoughts
a rhyming Whitney
Three Hundred Laughs
a rispetto
tides
quatrains
Time
a poetic thought
Time Relentless
a modified triolet
Time to Fly
a Whitney poem
To Build a Nest
a rondelet
To One Who Had No Earthly Home
two quatrains in memoriam
To Rush, with Love
a satiric limerick
To Skip a Stone
reflective quatrains
To the Victor Go the Spoils
Is Genocide really Cause for a Holiday?
Tommyrot
A bit of tomfoolery.
Too Great a Grief
Quatrain poem about a Mother's Sorrows
Too Long
a Halloween-inspired Pantoum
Too Many Days
a sonnet
Too Many Grains of Sand to Count
rhyming quatrains in 8/7/8/7
Torrents of Tears
Halloween-inspired poem
Treasure
an epigram
Treasure is Transported
rhyming quatrains
Treasures of a Tidal Pool
Reflective Quatrains
Twelve Little Grains of Sparkly Sand
counting rhyme in 8/6/8/6 meter
Twelve Were The Elves
rhyming couplets for Christmas
Twenty Six Letters
A Whimsical Whitney
Twenty Times a Thousand Dawns
a blank verse sonnet
Two memories of childhood innocence
Remembering childhood innocence and imagination
Unintended Consequences
A Whitney
Unless
two quatrains in 6/6/6/6/
Unwhisperable
On the Eve of Armistice Day
Upside Down
an epigram
Vampire Bats
A ghoulish addition to the a to z series.
Vanity
a Whitney
Venus de Milo
My one and only limerick
Very
a humorous poem about improving vocabulary
Vignettes for Daddy
Memories of someone who always believed in me.
violets
reflective quatrains
Violets
a rispetto
Violets and Daisies
an Ampeletum poem
Violets in the Green Woods
a Whitney poem
Visiting Sawyer
a note to friends
Vroom Vroom
quatrains in abab rhyme
Walter Cronkite: in Memoriam
reflective cinquain
Waltzing through Life
reflective cinquain
Warning Bells
a Bell's Ladder poem - see author's notes
Warranty not Included
A modern sonnet on life's twists and turns.
Wash Day Never Ends
Reflective Quatrains
Water Under the Bridge
senryu
Water, Water Everywhere?
a naani
We Climb, Not Fly
rondelet with feminine rhymes
We Lay the Blame
a rondeau
We Live in Such a Wondrous Place
a Pantoum
We Look
quatrains in rhyming couplets
We Make Our Memories
an ampeletum - see author's notes
We Pray for Peace to be Restored
a Rondel
We Travel Diagonal
contemplative poem
We Who Guard the Lifeless
four quatrains in 6/6/7/6
We'd Feast on Berries
a modified triolet
We'll Arise
a sonnet
Wee Fairies Flitted Through the Sky
a fantasy
Weep Not
a quintilla
What do Men Cry?
a Halloween minute poem
What Do You Get?
rhyming children's poem
What Happens When A Flower Wilts?
rhyming quatrains
What Happens?
a pantoum
What Is That Dripping?
a Halloween-themed octogram
What Lies Within the Shell
three contemplative quatrains
What Lurks Behind the Bolted Door?
Halloween Pantoum
What Stories Do You Have to Tell?
a poem for my daughter on Mother's Day
What the Ducks Can Teach Us
quatrains in 8/7/8/7
What Visions Laid Before My Eyes
a quatret - see author's notes
What Waits Within This Work of Art?
14 words on the nature of the spider web
What We Pass By
sonnet
What's Holding Up the Moon?
a poem in rhyming couplets
What's Ordinary?
philosophy for children
When a Bud Absorbs the Rain
a contemplative Whitney
When All the World Comes Tumbling
a quatern
When Alleluias Aren't Enough
a mirrored refrain poem
When Angels Sleep
a rispetto
When Anger Pounded on My Door
3 quatrains in 8/6/8/6
When April Wears...
see author notes
When Autumn Comes
blank verse (no rhymes in iambic pentameter)
When Blossoms Fall
a rispetto
When Bubbles Burst
a sonnet for children
When Bubbles Pop
an Octogram for my unborn grandson
When Bubbles Rise
a triolet
When Butterflies Unfurl Their Wings
a mirrored refrain poem
When Children Still Believe
reflective cinquain
When Clouds Burst Open
a double echo poem - see author's notes
When Dandelion Wishes Blow
A Modified Triolet for Melissa
When dandelions dot the lawn
a Quatern
When Dandelions' Summer Gold...
a love poem in rhyming couplets
When Death Stalks the Serengeti
quatrains in 9/8/9/8
When Dragons Sailed the Skyways
a story poem in 7/6/8/6 meter
When Fortune Turns
a sonnet
When Gardens Sleep
a double rispetto
When God Composed
rhyming quatrains
When God Created Color
rhyming quatrains in 7/6/8/6
When I Dream
a Whitney
When I Fly to Heaven
a monchielle - see author's notes
When I Look Back (for Miranda)
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
When I Set Sail
three related triolets
When I Was Six Years Old
a rispetto
When I was Small
Just when do our imaginations become jaded?
When I Was Young
Five Rhyming Quatrains
When I Was Young
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
When Jack in the Pulpit Prays
quatrains in mixed iambs and anapests - see notes
When Janis Stomped Her Feet
a heroic rispetto in memoriam
When Life Continues
a reflective cinquain
When Meanings Can Be Murky
a bit of poetic whimsy
When Memories Are All That's Left
A Triolet
When Miracles do not Come
A Pantoum about when faith is tested
When Night Gathers In
a contemplative octet
When Orion Has Laid Down His Sword
a ZaNila rhyme - read author's notes
When Poetry Speaks
three rhyming quatrains
When Polliwogs are Struggling
short rhyming poem
When Resolution Fizzles Out
a rispetto for the new year
When Santa Comes
a Christmas rondeau
When Santa Laughs His Ho Ho Ho
a Christmas quatern
When Seeds Scatter in the Winds
two quatrains
When Shadows Fall Upon the Grass
a mirrored refrain poem
When Skipping Stones
a lighthearted octogram
When the Moon is out of Reach
a poem for my fairy girl, Miranda :-)
When the Morning Glory's Blooming
a poem of celebration
When There Is You
a poem in rhyming couplets
When Up Goes Down
a rhyming quatrain
When Weeds Have Repossessed
a modified rondel
Where Fairies Dwell
whimsical quatrains
Where Soldiers Lie
a monotetra
Where the Foxgloves Grow
A poem in 9/7/9/7
Where turns the mother?
a reflective tetractys
Where Were They?
a poem
Where?
triolet-inspired, Halloween-inpsired
Whirligigs and Polliwogs
whimsical quatrains
Whispered Waterfall
a double tetractys
Whispers
To get attention, whisper.
White Horses
reflective quatrains see author's notes
White the World
a poem in rhyming couplets
Who are You?
rhyming quatrains
Who Authors Songs of Joy and Peace
quatrains using contest words
Who Issued Invitations?
a comical ottava rima
Who Knows?
a rispetto
Who Needs Windex?
Reflections on being the world's worst Housekeeper
Who Summoned All These Stars?
a triolet
Why God made Fairies
philosophical musings on the function of fairies
Wigglywriggly Worms
Gallows humor in the land of A-Z
Wings
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Winter Lament
a reflective terzanelle
Winter White
a minute poem
Winter White (quatrains)
quatrains in trochaic meter
Winter Wish
quatrains in 8/8/8/6 - see author's notes
Winter, Ready or Not
a cinquain
Wishes
a rispetto
Wishes Borne Upon A Seed
five quatrains in abab rhyme
With Outstretched Arms
a wildly modified triolet
With Jubilation
a pantoum (totally unmodified even LOL)
With Wonderment
a rondeau
Within the Mute Abyss
a Halloween-themed rictameter
Within the Rise and Fall of Tides
a mirrored refrain poem
Without You There's No Perfect Day
a modified pantoum
Wolves
four quatrains in 6/6/8/6
Wondrous Days
Perfect days are few and far between!
Woodland Secrets Part One
a fantasy ottava rima - see author's notes
Woodland Secrets Part Three
ottava rima - see author's notes
Woodland Secrets Part Two
fantasy ottava rima - see author's notes
Words
reflections on the limitations of intellect
Words of Gratitude
My expression of thanks for God's blessings
X-tinct Friends
How long will the world of A-Z thrive?
X-Tinguished Dreams
Glass Menagerie from A-Z read author's notes
Year's Eventide
An ABC Poem for Year's End
Yellow Fields
quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Yellow-Frocked Daffadilly
A Whitney Poem
Yellowjackets
Humor in the world of A-Z.
You Be The Monkey
for Sawyer, of course :-)
You Can't Always Get What You Want
a Whitney
You Cannot Swim The Ocean
rhyming quatrains in 7/6/7/6
You have a friend
a slightly modified Octogram
You Never Know
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
You Really Matter
a poetic note about my vacation
You Who Have Coaxed
a prayer in rhyme
You'll Find No Sound More Tender
contemplative quatrains 7/6/7/6
You'll Never Find
A Rispetto
You've Come Across a Polar Bear
rhyming quatrains in 8/6/8/6
Young Man from Encino
a non-bawdy limerick
Your Eyes
for Sawyer
Your Laugh
a modified octogram
Zaccheus Alexander Brown
rhyming quatrains
Zebras
Total Admiration in the A-Z World.
Zephyr
Is God always announced with a fanfare?
Zerubbabel Baxter
rhyming quatrains in 6/5/6/5