The BELL Form

Announcing a new poetry form called THE BELL, which is an elongated version of a Cinquain. It has 9 lines and a rigid syllable count of 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 8, 2, 1. When someone uses centre alignment, the poem takes on a bell shape. [if not you get a half bell!] The last two lines are the 'striker' - the counterpoint that chimes the bell! Bells carry deep symbolism and history. This makes them an easy source of inspiration for readers and writers alike. The BELL form lends itself to didactic poems or reflections on past events heralded by bells. It is also ideal for simple music expressions using rhyme, rhythm, or free verse. Below is one simple example that introduces the BELL form. 

Bell
rings, chimes
hours, announces
weddings, war ends, death knells.
Bell-shaped and hollow, an inverted cup
resonates, polls, rings, dings, dongs, pongs, and pings
to bring order to the day's events.
Bells rung,
Done

I loved this form when you introduced it in 2021, John. You should run another contest to give us a chance to give this form justice. It featured (with your permission) in my book, Docendo discimus. Here is my example I wrote back then (I can't centre it here): HEAR-YE, HEAR-YE ring a ding- ding! poetic forms are quite the in thing nowadays and the sparks would fly if someone should dare to overstep mark and he steps on my tender toes    hell’s bells don’t!

It looks difficult to to do. Yet i will give it a try.

This is a good form. Looks a lot like a Diamante form.