Weaving Forms- a Parody

Weaving Forms Abc, Abecedarian, acrostic, alliteration alexandrine Salaam, sehraa senyru, sestina, sijo, shape, sonnet The list of forms of writing poesy is hopelessly endless O angels of all these poetic forms I worship thee blindly! When didst thou all give an audience to man to school him On these plethora of poetic forms to befuddle the muddlehead? Never had I heard such scary terms before joining Poetry Soup Life and poetry were much easier with no tensions no insomnia Simply pouring out my uncontrollable thoughts and emotions I cringe when I read of restrictions of limited lines in poetic forms My ice-creams don't melt, autumn strolls have to to be cut short Get mad as a hornet whether to write señorita a sonnet or sonetto Nayda, I enjoy weaving my prosaic didactic and euphoric thoughts Into my qasida with alliterations, imageries, allusions humorously (FIRST October 29, 2015 Contest: Which Is Your Favourite Form Of Poetry? Sponsor: Nayda Ivette Negron) *This poem is a satiric amalgamation of many forms-sonnet, qasida, acrostic (in parts-eg, line 1&2, 3-5, 6&7-for the purpose of parody), humour.... *Qasida (weaving) is a satirical Persian form, opens with a short prelude, the nasib, which is elegiac in mood and is intended to gain the audience’s involvement * in this parody I have used the alliteration in the first two lines as a 'nasib' * In the last line the pun is used for weaving *Have given 'Shape' or 'Creative Outlay' to the poem *Have made use of many literary devices-alliteration, allusions, imageries, metaphors.... FIRST Judged on April 5, 2016 For Casarah Nance's Favourite Poetry June 19, 2016 For Laura Loo First Place Only-2