Sangeetha Kamath

                                 TRIPADI  They carry dreams on wispy wings Dragonfly queens, buzzing bee kings Golden pools of sunshine their basking space Silhouetted in chrome moonlight Shimmer and dazzle silver bright, Kaleidoscopic fairies in disguise! Amphora shaped by a potter Glaze!--Liquid blue sky can't muster… The magic of earthy terracotta The fragrance of blooms in clusters Tender sprigs sprouts dainty flowers Medley of mint, turquoise on my ewer! ©️ Sangeetha Kamath  A Tripadi is a Bengali poetry format consisting of Tercets (or three-line stanzas). Lines one and two end rhyme with each other. Lines one and two have eight syllables. Line three has ten syllables. Poem may consist of one tercet or several.

SICILIAN OCTAVE Blessed by the constellations celestine, You had chosen me when you floated down In a chariot of shimmer and shine A gem in our eyes, jewel in our crown; Starbursts sparkled like fireworks crystalline The moon shone like a pearl over our town All around 'twas a carnival divine Bonny angel in a gossamer gown! Art work: Nandita Dhar Pic Courtesy: Soul Craft ©️ Sangeetha Kamath A Sicilian Octave is a 8 line stanza with iambic meter (10 or 11 syllables) and a rhyme scheme of abababab.

                            CHANSO Rippling, gushing, a bubbling calm A soothing salve, comforting balm Camping beside the brooks and lakes Water heals, your sorrow it takes… Roaring, rising, crashing, tempest Sometimes, wrath at its mightiest In its ravaging wake sweeping Tsunamis with vengeance flooding Sunken ships , forgotten treasures Coral reefs and marine creatures In the depths of briny blue bliss Wonderland of oceans and seas I'm a mermaid in depths twirling Gliding, swimming, pirouetting… Shimmering cyan light filtered Azure, turquoise, so grand---dappled! Embracing and enveloping, The ocean is all welcoming. ©️ Sangeetha Kamath  Art work: Deepa Gopal Pic Courtesy: Soul Craft  A CHANSO is a French poetry format of 4 or more stanzas  The number of lines for a stanza is up to the poet. But each stanza will be that number of lines. SYLLABLES  should be the same for each line throughout. The ...

                      GOLDEN SHOVEL  Mighty monarchs of the skies they're NOT Warblers and songbirds of the woods, ALL Hopping over wands of grass with a bonny bright spirit are THOSE  Feathered elven pixies lending a dash of colour in my garden and WHO  Roost on my ledge after a hard day's labour of nectar-hunting and a jolly WANDER Waking up to their chirps and jocund dances ARE  Something that I look forward to—rhythm, rainbow and sunshine of the soul– something along the way that I've LOST. Artwork: Ankisha Pic Courtesy: Soul Craft  ©️ Sangeetha Kamath  A Golden Shovel is a poetry format wherein a quote or a line from another poem is borrowed to craft an entirely different poem. Each word of that line becomes the ending word of one's poetry. In this piece I've borrowed my favourite quote "NOT ALL THOSE WHO WANDER ARE LOST" from J.R.R. Tolkien's Fellowship of the Rings, Lord of the Rings.

                           RUBAIYAT  Her raven tresses billows in the air She waltzes and pirouettes with a flair Love seeks her out in the snow crystalline Tapestry of poetic motifs rare Flaming sunsets on canvas tangerine Deep in the autumn woods amaranthine Her love transcends all time, space and distance Songs of starshine and moonray opaline Diamonds on cherry-glow luminescence Faint halo of argentine radiance Stardust bewitches her, also dazzles It's sempiternal in it's quintessence. Art Work: Rashi Roy Pic Courtesy: Soul Craft  ©️ Sangeetha Kamath  RUBAIYAT, a Persian poetry format popularized by Omar Khayyam is a 3 stanza quatrain which follows a tetrameter or pentameter with a rhyme scheme of aaba/bbcb/ccdc. The poetry form essentially speaks about being in the moment and celebrating the little joys of life.

                         TAUTOGRAM  Myriad musings muddle my mind Misunderstandings, misconceptions, misinterpretations Manipulative malpractices mastermind mischievous misdemeanors   Monolithic melancholia metamorphoses Magnificence momentarily materializes Meaningless, mindless, monumental miseries Masquerading mannequins, misguided millennials  Maddening merciless maelstrom  Mortgages mounting, multiple masks misleading Menacing matrix morphs madly Mega maws mince, munch Murky, muddy mania! Magic mirage melts…mourns… Pic Courtesy: Soul Craft  ©️ Sangeetha Kamath  A Tautogram is a Greek poetry format in which every word begins with the same alphabet. The length of stanza is variable. Rhyming and Meter is optional as well. I used the alphabet M.

                          CLOGYRNACH  How time flies, they grow up too soon When they'd bawled you'd shown them the moon Your mirror image Feels she's in a cage Stomping rage! 'Teen Typhoon' Pic Courtesy: Soul Craft  ©️ Sangeetha Kamath Clogyrnach, Welsh poetic form is typically a six-line syllabic stanza with an ab rhyme scheme: Line 1: 8 syllables with an a rhyme Line 2: 8 syllables with an a rhyme Line 3: 5 syllables with a b rhyme Line 4: 5 syllables with a b rhyme Line 5: 3 syllables with a b rhyme Line 6: 3 syllables with an a rhyme.

                                    STRAMBOTTO  Up and about each day like a clockwork mouse Always In the mad rush and senseless rat race No moment for myself is my only grouse What am I pursuing?Is it worth the chase? I'm always on a mission, a powerhouse Pause and breathe,smell the roses, slow down my pace Meeting deadlines in a tizzy and touse Find myself some solitude and some solace. Pic Courtesy: Soul Craft Poetry  ©️ Sangeetha Kamath  A Strambotto is an Octave (8 line stanza) with a Hendecasyllabic ( 11 syllables per line) Rhyming scheme: abababab.

                        CHUEH-CHU  Magic lamp, it's my ardent wish From this world,I want to vanish Travel to a land exotic Fly like a bird, swim like a fish I'm now in a place quite lavish Twirling away in my gown, swish Genie of the lamp heard my plea I'm now free of pain and anguish. This is a Chueh-Chu. A Chinese poetry format which is also called as an 8 line Sonnet with two quatrains.  The syllable count needs to be consistent. I used 8 per line.  The rhyming scheme can be the following: aaba/cada abcb/dbeb aaba/aaca. I used aaba/aaca. Pic Courtesy: Soul Craft Poetry ©️ Sangeetha Kamath 

NONET Summery months of April and May Cloudless and azure blazing skies Slosh , starch the laundry alright Fluttering in the breeze Sun-warmed to a crisp Clothes yours and mine Fragrance of Jasmine Blooms. (This is a NONET. It's a 9 line poetry with 9 syllables in the first line descending to a countdown of 1 syllable in the last line) Pic Courtesy: Soul Craft ©️ Sangeetha Kamath

                              DIZAIN  On the heathered moor he'd galloped wildly Wind billowing his lustrous mane brazen Stretch of grassland his to explore freely Equine beauty audaciously stolen Trotting in a circus rink, crestfallen Stables for the night, no more open skies Acrobats somersault, boldly she flies In full flight and landing on tippy toes Catching her as gravity she defies For curtain call they both gracefully pose. Pic Courtesy: Soul Craft Poetry  ©️ Sangeetha Kamath  (This is a Dizain. It has one stanza consisting of 10 lines, with 10 syllables per line, and the rhyme scheme is ababbccdcd.)

                                 SENRYU Soft melancholy wayfarer muse drifting in the mind howls and weeps dewdrops of thoughts glide the mysteries of the heart sleepless night, moongaze! cold grasp of shackles from these dungeons I escape conquer all the wraiths  dwell in the present  moonlit ripple in the lake  the breeze lulls again  still moment of zen bathe my mind in mild pastel solitude finds friend  Pic Courtesy: Soul Craft Poetry  ©️ Sangeetha Kamath  A SENRYU is a Japanese form of poetry which follows a 5-7-5 syllable count just like a Haiku. But, where a Haiku is all about nature poetry, a Senryu addresses human emotions and relationships.

                            TANKA Fiery wands blazing Crisp zephyr of October Long walks hand in hand Autumn rings in nostalgia Of young love mellowed steadfast. (The format is a verse of exactly 5 lines with syllable count of 5-7-5-7-7. I used the counter on howmanysyllables.com) Pic Courtesy: Soul Craft Poetry Art: CA Pooja Kabra ©️ Sangeetha Kamath