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Tyburn Form

Posted: 22nd July 2014 8:52pm
Edited: 23rd July 2014 1:56am - edited 3 times
poet Anonymous

Poetry Contest

Tyburn style poem
Write a poem in Tyburn style.

It's a six line poem consisting of 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 9 syllables.
The first four words (descriptive words) must rhyme.
The last two lines must use the first four words and must rhyme.

For more information: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/tyburn.html

Here's an example I put together.

Life

Wishful     2
Hopeful    2
Frightful   2
Dreadful   2
She wandered with wishful, hopeful dreams     2+2+5=9
In the frightful dreadful maze,  heard screams  2+2+5=9  

Rules:
Please title your work (title is not part of the syllable count)
You can enter up to two poems
Any subject
One week duration
Grammar, spelling checked

Couple more examples from the site above:

Death

Blackest
Darkest
Coldest
Oldest
Burning in the Blackest, Darkest night
There in lives the Coldest, Oldest fright
Copyright © 2001 Mike McCann


Mindless Love

Loveless
Hopeless
Darkness
Mindless
Dead heart feeling Loveless, Hopeless mind,
True loves to the Darkness, Mindless find.
Copyright © 2004 Peter A. Rosado

Posted: 22nd July 2014 9:47pm
Edited: 22nd July 2014 10:21pm - edited 3 times
gardenlover
gardenlover
Fire of Insight
United Kingdom 23awards
Joined 19th Aug 2012
Forum Posts: 625
Time for a Ball


Beauty
Body
Lovely
Lady

Lovely lady displaying her charms
Body beauty in her partner's arms

Posted: 22nd July 2014 10:10pm
Edited: 24th July 2014 10:09am - edited 2 times
gardenlover
gardenlover
Fire of Insight
United Kingdom 23awards
Joined 19th Aug 2012
Forum Posts: 625
Hope

enter
slender
member
centre
The centre of her slender body
Enter my member if not floppy

Posted: 23rd July 2014 1:43am
MadameLavender
MadameLavender
Guardian of Shadows
United States 90awards
Joined 17th Feb 2013
Forum Posts: 5726
Confess,
I guess;
It's best
I rest.
To confess my love, it's best, I guess,
In hopes your arms are there when I rest.

Posted: 23rd July 2014 1:43am
poet Anonymous
Excellent GL, thanks for kicking it off.

Posted: 23rd July 2014 4:24am
DystopianMelody
DystopianMelody
Dangerous Mind
United Kingdom 9awards
Joined 9th Dec 2012
Forum Posts: 1391
The tombstone conundrum

Bone born
stone thorn
life lorn
love shorn.
Lovelorn, life shorn man child sits and scorns
thoughts of bones born beneath stone grey thorns.

Posted: 23rd July 2014 2:12pm
poet Anonymous
Thank you ML and DM for your submissions.

Posted: 23rd July 2014 9:01pm
Edited: 23rd July 2014 9:02pm
poet Anonymous
Master Manipulator

Conceit
Deceit
Complete
Mistreat
Through conceit, deceit manipulates
Her complete mistreat intimidates


Posted: 25th July 2014 2:52pm
poet Anonymous
Thanks Dkruie for your entry.

Posted: 26th July 2014 4:36am
Edited: 26th July 2014 4:40am
snugglebuck
snugglebuck
Dangerous Mind
United States 77awards
Joined 3rd Feb 2014
Forum Posts: 1873
BIKE
Coolest
Keenest
Neatest
Sweetest
I rode on the coolest neatest bike
The sweetest keenest ride of my life

Posted: 26th July 2014 4:59am
snugglebuck
snugglebuck
Dangerous Mind
United States 77awards
Joined 3rd Feb 2014
Forum Posts: 1873
TWIN SISTERS
Sexy
Slutty
Pretty
Horny
Hannah was so pretty and sexy
But Miley is horny and slutty

Posted: 26th July 2014 4:19pm
poet Anonymous
Thank you Snugglebuck :)

Posted: 26th July 2014 4:36pm
jemac
jemac
Dangerous Mind
United States 4awards
Joined 25th Jan 2013
Forum Posts: 237
Re~Birth

shower
bower
flower
power

misty waters shower the bower
mud blooms with lotus flower power

Posted: 26th July 2014 4:46pm
poet Anonymous
Thank you JeJe for your entry :)

Posted: 26th July 2014 6:25pm
Allison_Wonderland
Allison_Wonderland
Twisted Dreamer
United States 3awards
Joined 24th Feb 2013
Forum Posts: 45
The Attack

Silent
Pilot
Violent
Tyrant

The silent pilot hears grown men cry.
The violent tyrant laughs as they die.

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