Best Syllabe Poems
~Love The Lord~
(Hotan)
Love Lord with all heart
His presence feel day and night
Hear His message heed His call
He loves us
He's not far away
When we fall
He's right beside us
When troubled He hears our prayers
He lifts our spirits each day and night.
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2013
March.18.2016
~Author's Notes:
The " Hotan " is a Japanese syllabic poem of nine unrhyming lines, the Hotan gets its name from it's syllabe pattern, being a combination of a Haiku (hokku = ho) and a Tanka (tan).
Before we look at iambic meter you must understand syllables, how they are used to break down words into separate sounds, an example, 'un/der/stand; a three syllable word. The latter, (word), is a single syllable one. Iambic meter uses 2 syllables, the first unstressed the second stressed. Together they are called a foot. Now if your feet are not suffering we have 5 foot to go. Iambic pentameter, a line 10 syllables long or 5 feet with the rhythm de//dah
/ de//dah / de//dah / de//dah /
de//dah. the bold dah being the stressed syllable. Of all the metered forms, (there are a few). The one discussed here is the form most commonly used by English poets, its said to follow our speech pattern. The rhythm is, (if writing in iambic meter), a must. A point I have not made clear is in 2 syllable words the second syllable is the one stressed! As for 4 syllable words, it is the second and forth. For 3 syllable words go see the poet Doctor, joking aside I try to make it the middle one, seriously I try to avoid them, for me, they are hard work! An example of iambic pentameter from William Shakespear's Sonnet XVII: Shall I compare thee to a sumers day? Just the first line, again the bold text represents the stressed syllable. The whole sonnet has the rhyme pattern ababcdcdefefgg. If you have read this far then you too must have fun writing, composing poetry, I do, I find it therapeutic, hope it helps to you too.
Pentameter, two syllables equal one foot, ten equal,
five, seems to stress some folk when the
stress should only be on the last sequel
of two words like this you can see
applied to alldouble syllabe words like treacle,
here the stress in bold text made easy,
the third line up in iambic meter sequel,
of four iambic feet, iambic tetrameter, da de,
da de, da de da de, the cycle,
triple syllable words, heed, yes, choose very carefully
Edited 7/8/18 - 24:27.30hrs
READS LIKE MUSIC - haibun look Poetry Contest, sponsored by Line Gauthier
7/8/18
stars shimmer in sky
moon on routine sentry watch
crispy spell of snow below
embers from fireplace
peek out through the windowsill
night sleeps blanketed in snow
Jan.11.2023
Winter Sedoka Poetry Contest
Syllabe Count- 5,7,7 5,7, 7 HMS
Sponsor- Charles Messina
Peace,
must grow,
no more wars!
People need peace!
Goodwill, give and take.
Help each other, share all
your love, warmth and be kind too!
Care for all, who, if displaced, help,
don't walk on by, check if genuine.
Little things to you might not matter, but!
But down and out, being poor can snowball, sure!
Its peace we want to snowball, let's help make it grow!
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Oposite to the 'Melting Snowball' the 'Snowball' grows via increments of 1 character* or syllabe. As can be seen, I have gone with syllables.
* Using the character increment only applies if all lines are of 1 word, in fact, the rules are the same for both forms just inverted/reversed.