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On Poetic Forms, Nr.06 (Luc Bats: Theory & Practice)

 
LUC BATS - THE THEORY            
            
1.      The syllable count goes                                                      •••••a            
2.      six-eight, six-eight … and flows with rhyme                    •••••a•b            
3.      at the end of each line                                                        •••••b            
4.      including every time on eight                                            •••••b•c            
5.      syllable lines, rhyme mates                                                •••••c            
6.      on syllable six. Fate’s like that.                                          •••••c•d            
7.      From Vietnam - Luc Bat;                                                     •••••d            
8.      a form even your cat well knows.                                     •••••d•a            
           
{NB: (i).Rhyming words italicised.  (ii).Luc Bat is Vietnamese for “six-eight”}.            
           
           
           
LUC BATS - THE PRACTICE            
           
New Washing Machine            
           
In the washing machine            
went everything unclean, like vests            
pants, shirts, knickers - a test            
of Bosch’s techno-quest to build            
bees’ knees. Must say I’m thrilled            
with the results. Dirt killed, smells nice.            
Poured a whiskey on ice            
as I swallowed the price tag - mean.            
 
Written by Josh (Joshua Bond)
Published | Edited 21st Oct 2023
Author's Note
Number 6 in a series on Poetic Forms, including both Theory and Practice. The first poem uses the form itself to explain the 'Theory' of the form. The second poem uses the form as a random 'Practice' example. (On Poetic Forms 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5, covered Quaterns, Limericks, Free Verse, Triolets & Ottava Rimas).

On Poetic Forms, Nr.05 can be found here:
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/330382-on-ottava-rimas-theory-practice/
On Poetic Forms, Nr.07 can be found here:
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/333648-on-haikus-theory-practice/
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