New Poetry Form Chronos-w

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8/1/2025

Chetta Achara currently has an interesting blog explaining a new poetry form she found online dating back to 2006 - Chronos~w - based on pi squared. The form is one stanza, 5 lines, with a 9,8,6,9,6 scheme based on words, not syllables. Here is Chetta's blog link:

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poems_poets/poems_by_poet.aspx?ID=127870

I was intrigued, so I decided to try it, resulting in the two poems below. As I was writing the first poem it gave off a limerick vibe, as did my second poem. Not a true limerick, but a limerick vibe. The example in Chetta's blog didn't give off a limerick vibe. Therein lies the fun ;-)

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Chronos~w

A new poetry form mathematically based on pi squared
Lasingerland, the Netherlands, by Bianca and Alexa shared
It gives off a limerick vibe
which is the only form that I can describe
to which it can be compared



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