New Form - The BELL

Announcing a new poetry form called THE BELL, which is an elongated version of a Cinquain. It has 9 lines and rigid syllable count of 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 8, 2, 1. When the center alignment is used, the poem resembles a bell shape. [if not you get a half bell!] The last two lines are the 'striker' - the counterpoint that chimes the bell! Bells have so much symbolism and historical significance that it should be easy to be inspired by this form as a reader or writer. The BELL form lend 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. One simple example to introduce the BELL form is https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/bell_inform_906774. See the new competition using this form! Give it a try!

For more inspiration see 'The Bells' by Edgar Allan Poe

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/bells

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