Wednesday, April 17, 2013

A to Z Poetry: Oddquain Poems

An oddquain poem, is an interesting form of poetry of 17 syllables like the haiku, but in five lines, not three, with syllable counts of 1, 3, 5, 7, 1. There are also many different variations or combinations of the oddquain poem. 

oddquain sequences - poems made up of oddquain stanzas
crown oddquains - a five stanza oddquain sequence
reverse oddquains - a oddquain with a reverse syllable pattern of
1-7-5-3-1
mirror oddquains - a two stanza oddquain sequence of the pattern 1-3-5-7-1 1-7-5-3-1
oddquain butterflies - a “merged mirror oddquain”
1-3-5-7-1-7-5-3-1.


I have for you today the oddquian butterfly variation.



owl
of wisdom
dusk is settling
as you spread your wings to take
flight
from history's condition
philosophy knows
no answer
yet


Today's Haiku

Haiku Heights April A to Z: Owl

Owls hoot through the night
Awake 'til Dawn's early light
Come back nightingale


7 comments:

  1. I liked each one of it

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  2. If I were an owl, I don't think I'd hoot through the night. I'd soon get weary of hearing my own voice!


    Only the Owl

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  3. Hello, Jennifer! Your oddquain poem is beautiful. What a cool form! Have you seen Robert Lee Brewer's Poetic Asides Blog? Every April he has a Poem-A-Day Challenge. The prompts are cool if you want to check it out: http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides

    Thanks for sharing and Happy National Poetry Month!

    Happy A to Z-ing! from Laura Marcella @ Wavy Lines

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  4. Beautiful! My favorite is Nature Expressions
    http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/nature/poems.php?id=1141489
    -Maurice Mitchell
    The Geek Twins

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  5. Beautiful! Love the imagery.

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  6. Anonymous4/17/2013

    I think the haiku is brilliant!

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  7. Oddquain is a new one to me. Thanks for sharing!

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