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Definition
[adj] consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals; "granite is crystalline"
[adj] transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent cristal"
[adj] distinctly or sharply outlined; "crystalline sharpness of outline"- John Buchan
A two line image poem, often with a title, in which euphony is the key factor. Each line may have 8 or 9 syllables to make a total of seventeen.
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Brian Strand
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My fingers reach to touch the sky
where swallows circle,then southwards fly.
Synonyms
clear, crystal clear, crystalised, crystallized, distinct, limpid, lucid, microcrystalline, pellucid, polycrystalline, transparent
Related Terms
clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, coherent, connected, consistent, craggy, crisp, crystal, crystal-clear, defined, definite, diaphane, diaphanous, direct, distinct, explicit, express, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, gravelly,
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This is a form of Free Verse The last word of each line is separated from the line by --- Each word to the right of --- is read vertically to create another Free Verse
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Have You ever thought of the past and said what ------- IF
Suppose the greatest POEM written was written by ---- YOU
It wouldn’t be written by me, because I just can not --- WRITE
Beautiful POETRY, alluring beginning, a satisfying --- “END”
As You sign Your book, smile at the length of the ---- “LINE”
Future POETS, standing, waiting, hoping to have a --- “WORD”
With the Author, the laurel crowned Poet Laureate of --- POETRY
From that time on, each morning You rush to read Your -- Soup MAIL
Praises from YOUR Loving Loyal fans, most of all From --- ME
--- THANK-YOU
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