Form, or: Substance

An Awdl Gywydd

What forms could ideas take,
should they make friends with meter?
Do they gain aught from rhyme schemes?
Might love themes make them sweeter?

P'raps stiff attempts at versing
are but forcing strained meanings,
while rhymers free verse treat cheap,
which with deepest soul-words rings?

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Awdl Gywydd

• Syllabic: stanzas of four lines, seven syllables per line;
• The final syllable of the first and third lines rhyme with the 3rd-5th syllable of the following lines;
• The second and fourth lines rhyme.

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d’Verse Open Link Night #320

A while ago (over one year ago), I was exploring Welsh poetic forms, and I tried the Awdl Gywydd on for size… this was my first attempt (slightly tweaked since I first wrote it), which I’d like to share for d’Verse OLN #320 tonight.

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Let’s write poetry together!

When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

–Ben Harper (b. 1969)

Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!