Poetry Forms

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Deep Water   I. Kōan I ponder by the ancient pool. A frog jumps in. I hear a splash. The...

  Forest Fire Fantasy ---a trenta-sei The smoke from summer fires filled the air, A lightning storm had been the...

  The Scapegoat Their memories select the bad, forget The good. Their hypersensitivity And need for higher maintenance won't let...

. Coming Attractions (1994) Black is white, white is black, two and two is three. Put your common sense away,...

. The Best Haiku of 2025 The Winner and Runners-Up of the Society of Classical Poets 2025 Haiku Competition Judged...

. Radio New Zealand's Culture 101 sat down with SCP Editor Evan Mantyk to talk about the SCP's Haiku Competition,...

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. Double Rondel for Pentecost Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! O fire that warms my soul, You burn within to turn...

. Underfoot Fescue and clover: A luxuriant carpet Fit for a king’s feet. . . Murder They take noisy flight,...

. The Prestige of the Puppet-Master To be deceived must bring some satisfaction, For all are well aware of the...

. Riverside Park—Labor Day An ambling river. Just a wheeze of gentle breeze. My soul aquiver. . . Desert Only...

. The Best Haiku of 2024 The Winner and Runners-Up of the Society of Classical Poets 2024 Haiku Competition Judged...

. The Winner and Runner-ups are listed HERE. WHO Anyone in the world, of any age or background, may participate...

. A Formalist Poet at the Open Mic Part V: Nose Blind by Daniel Kemper After a stressful day, because of...

. Epic poet and poetry video maker Andrew Benson Brown created a bit of excitement with his invented sonnet-haiku or...

. The Fall of Time A Haiku Sonnet . Thinning coat of frost Whitening the ground with grief— Love forever...

. Trump in Asia the carp glows in dark waters, remembering the time that Trump fed him . . White...

. The 23 Best Haiku of 2023 Winner and Runners-up of the Society of Classical Poets 2023 Haiku Competition Judged...

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. Incensed For days, drawn draperies of fire, pinned close by dry pines, needled us with smells of smoke so...

. Commodore Perry Opens Japan On July 8, 1853, on the orders of President Millard Fillmore, Commodore Matthew Perry led...

. Human Poetry Versus ChatGPT's AI Poetry Can you tell the difference between artificial intelligence poetry and human poetry? by...

. Senryu on Free Thought . I. As storied Kipling Is stricken from pupils’ tales I feel his burden . II. Arise...

. The Little Knight The kitchen door slams open wide; The boy flies through to play outside. His house becomes...

. The 22 Best Haiku of 2022 Winner and Runners-up of the Society of Classical Poets 2022 Haiku Competition Judged...

. Our 2023 Haiku Competition is on now HERE. WHO Anyone in the world, of any age or background, may...

. How to Write Haiku What Makes a Good Haiku? by Margaret Coats The required 5-7-5 syllable form alone does...

. Classical Camouflaged __It begins, like all prose poems today, with a bit of narrated diary, as though it were...

. Is form in poetry making a comeback? It is according to the BBC. In this BBC podcast series, aspiring...

. Haiku Across western skies, a long, dark array of clouds: the storm approaches. . . Parnassus O, God, he...

. Haiku How long will it last? Butterflies are in decline. Monarch flutters past. . . Nevermore (and Somewhat Less)...

Winner and Runners-up of the Society of Classical Poets 2021 Haiku Competition Judged by Margaret Coats (see her remarks below)...

. Hagi at My Study Window hagi or bush clover, a symbol of poetry, blooms as summer turns to autumn....

. Winners announced here. Write a haiku and post it in the comments section below. The haiku must adhere to...

. O Say Can It Be? "How long you been suckin’ up oxygen, friend? For seventy years? Well now that’s...

. Limerick I have lived my whole life about me And at last I can finally see That my choice...

. Haiku A grounded sparrow Wings hurt, head raised to the sky "Is this how I die?" . . A...

. Set your priorities—don't be uncouth—know the Secret to happiness lies in this truth: “Though the Sum of all things...

. We’re poets first-and-foremost and agree that meter, rhyme and rhythm oft are spurned; the plethora of poetry we see...