Standard Gloom Form.
Syllables of this form group in 7’s and 3’s
With old classical as 3,7,3,3,7,3,3,7,3,3,7,3,7 in a stanza.
And New Classical as 7,3,7,7,3,7,7,3,7,7,3,7,3 in a stanza.
The Bit form can be either a 3,7,3 or 7,3,7 short stanza
~ ~ ~ sometimes Bits double of one of the types.

Alternate Forms are styles that deviate from those guidelines

The Haiku
Example~ Day Passing
Example~ Waters
Example~ Riding
Example~ Casting Moments
Japanese Styles: Choka Forms

The Sijo ~~~ a brief explaination of form
Example~ Earth Body
Example~ Raven
Example~ Winter Night Storm
Example~ The Light

Five Line Forms
Example~ Three Piece Band
Example~ Windsong
Example~ Insomnia
Example~ Dried Flowers


The Villanelle ~~~ a brief explaination of form
Example~ Friendly Night


The Virelai
Example~ Dark Virelai

The Sonnet
Example~ The Spring Brook
Example~ Lost Horizon
Example~ From Darkness Bright
Example~ Summer Sonnet
Example~ Scarring
Example~ Exposure
Example~ She Dreams at Night
Example~ Here Comes the Rain?
Example~ Hot Times Summer in the City


Random Rhyming Forms
Example~ Transition From Night into Day
Example~ H/D/Q
Example~ Dreams
Example~ Veils
Example~ She’s Leaving Me Bob