New Types Of Poetry

There are many different types of poetry. I counted"Where Michael was left alone in the storm." Each
50 on a quick search of the internet. You may havestanza could have lengthening lines. Lines could be
heard of Haiku and Limericks. There are the morevaried in length to create a picture on the page.
obscure types too, like Terzanelle and Sestina.Playing with stanzas is a fun way to create new
Learning different types of poetry though, isn't nearlytypes of poetry.
as much fun as inventing your own, so here areIdeas For New Types Of Poetry
some ideas about that.In the poem "Do Not Believe In God," each stanza
Types Of Poetry - Playing With Stanzasstarts with one of our senses: "See God... in stars and
What is a stanza? A division of a poem consisting ofsunlight... and the face of your lover;" Hear God... in
two or more lines. How many ways can youwind and waves... and the music of the birds." All the
structure a stanza? As many as you want. Look atsenses are covered. How could we use this general
this stanza from the poem, "Gratitude:"idea? By starting each stanza with a different verb or
So there is nothing to sayadjective? By starting each stanza with a different
There is nothing to sayperson's name? By having each stanza get smaller or
There is nothinglarger as the poem progresses?
Nothing...How many ways can you play with poems? "Dream
But gratitudepoems," could be a type of poetry that puts actual
Each line is a smaller part of the previous line. In thisdreams into verse. "Dialog poems" could have stanzas
case, it quiets the mind in order to emphasize the lastor lines answering each other back and forth. A
word: gratitude. However, this idea could be used inseries of poems could use all the exact same words,
many ways. You could start with a line like, "Sherearranged, with an entirely different outcome in
watched the birds come in from the sea," and it caneach. There are endless types of poetry you can
reduce to, "Come in from the sea;" "From the sea:"create.