A MYRIAD OF FORM(S)
A Brand New Syllabic Form
Monthly Prompt №6: September — the “culminating 30”
Background
Let me begin by saying, Free Verse remains my preferred style of poetry; although, my own experimentations with Fibonacci poetry based on the actual mathematical sequence would run a close second, mainly due to a long previous background in math and statistics. But recently — just in the past year or so, for the sake of breaking the monotony happening in my work — I began trying out and experimenting with different forms, some common and even other uncommon ones, which also catalyzed this monthly Forms Prompt. In my humble opinion, formal poetry has provided additional ammunition to accentuate my unconventional arsenal of improvisational free verse but also has helped me to further hone my overall skills as a poet.
Originally constructed for a response to a prompt from J.D. Harms, I came up with a syllabic-based framework with the purpose of creating, at least in my mind, a poem that builds slowly, then culminates at its conclusion. After the fact, I remember thinking to myself that I’d concocted a brand new poetic form. Below is the link to that poem to refer to as an example:
