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Andaree

Created by Andrea Dietrich with a rhyming scheme AaBbCbcbbaA. The first line and the last line are both the same 11- syllable line. This form decreases in line length with each line getting progressively smaller by 2 syllables until reaching the one-syllable word in the middle of the poem. Then each of the lines increase progressively by 2 syllables until the final line of eleven syllables is met: (11/9/7/5/3/1/3/5/7/9/11). The middle word should be a word very important to the theme. It appears somewhere in the title or can be the title itself and that middle word also rhymes with lines 3 4 8 and 9. Centering the poem is also recommended for an hourglass effect!

Best Friend

There is nothing more heartening than a smile
if you haven’t seen one for a while 
you hope it will never end
it's not just pretend 
with a best
friend
it's no jest
the Lord chose to send
an angel to help you mend
one that does not put love on trial
there is nothing more heartening than a smile




(Andaree)
Feb.07,2018

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Line Gauthier

Date: 5/6/2018 11:34:00 AM

Lovely, Emile.

Emile Pinet
Date: 5/6/2018 1:25:00 PM

Thanks so much Line, as always I appreciate your comments and support my friend, Emile.

Anna Hopper

Date: 2/7/2018 4:38:00 PM

Gah! Another beauty!

Emile Pinet
Date: 2/7/2018 7:24:00 PM

Thanks Anne, your comments are like a warm hug my friend, Emile.

Supraja Kannan

Date: 2/7/2018 12:06:00 AM

Wow.... So true.... Brilliant one.... Enjoyed it and thanks for sharing...

Emile Pinet
Date: 2/7/2018 9:19:00 AM

Thanks Supraja, I appreciate your support my friend, Emile.

Carole Duet

Date: 2/6/2018 6:57:00 PM

I agree. Great poem; great truth.

Emile Pinet
Date: 2/6/2018 6:59:00 PM

Thanks Carole, I truly appreciate your support my friend, Emile.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 2/6/2018 5:56:00 PM

Awesome and it's rhymed as well. Another Fave. Maybe I can get your poem and my form onto the BEST poems list!!!

Emile Pinet
Date: 2/6/2018 6:58:00 PM

Thanks Andrea, that would be great my friend, Emile.

Silent One

Date: 2/6/2018 2:35:00 PM

I did one for this form a long time ago... you wrote a great poem..

Emile Pinet
Date: 2/6/2018 3:17:00 PM

Thanks Silent One, I appreciate both your comments and your support my friend, Emile.

Jan Allison

Date: 2/6/2018 12:51:00 PM

Oh Emile this is an absolutely perfect Andaree on a theme that is very close to my heart on many levels .i have written one about my son and found it such a challenge to get the rhyme as syllable count to be accurate and it took me a very long time. adding to my faves:-) hugs Jan xx

Emile Pinet
Date: 2/6/2018 1:54:00 PM

Thank you so much Jan, Andrea's form is finding many new homes in the hearts of many fans. Tell me the name of the one you wrote, I'd like to read it my friend, Emile.