SUGGEST A FORM!!!

Hi Everyone, think it's be a good idea for us members to suggest a form we like or find interesting to other members to try (attempt). I feel that it good for us to be introduced to some new forms and to try some different styles of poetry. I have a posted suggestion already in the member message forum the "Bowlesian Sonnet";

Bowlesian Sonnet or Australian Sonnet is attributed to English poet, William Lisle Bowles (1762 -1850) whose book of 14 sonnets published in 1789 was heralded for its "simple sincerity" and expression of thought through appreciation for life and nature. His works carried a tender tone and have been described as melodious.Although Bowles was English and probably never travelled to Australia, his sonnets did. The honesty and serenity of his poems struck a chord in what was then England's penal colony and the form was eventually adopted by the Aussies as their own. Poet's Garret tells this story better than I. The defining features of the Bowlesian Sonnet are:

Australian Sonnet or Bowlesian Sonnet:Creator William Lisle Bowles;

1) Three Envelope quatrains and a couplet.
2) 14 lines.
3) tetrameter or pentameter or similar. 8 or 10 syllables.
4) Rhyme Scheme: a-b-b-a c-d-d-c e-f-f-e g-g

Examples I Attempted Recently:

Ivette, Such Rapture, On Me, You Bestow...
(Australian/Bowlesian Sonnet )

Ivette, Such Rapture, On Me, You Bestow.
You Play, With Ecstasy, Upon, My Soul.
Amongst, Your Presence, In Heaven, I Stroll
In Rhapsody, You Leave Me, Ever So

Such Bliss, You Bellow, As Nothing Before.
Your Siren Song, It Calls Me, Ever Fourth.
I'm Drawn, To You, Like A Compass, Due North.
No Bewitchment, Out There, Such As, Your Lure.

No Such Wonderment, As That You've Given
Sublime, The Delight, By You, I'm Left In
Your Magic, Splendor, Leaves Me, Reveling.
No Pleasure, Out There, Such As, Your Heaven.

Intoxicated, So, I Am, By You,
Exhilarated By, Your Every Hue...

Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFE GG

Robert Gardiner
R.G.Love

Jamie, Such Magic, Rapture, You Bestow.... (Bowlesian Sonnet)

Jamie, Such Magic, Rapture, You Bestow.
You Play, With Rhapsody, Upon, My Soul.
Fascinated, I'm Left, Enchanted, Whole.
Your Spell, It Leaves Me, Captivated, So.

Never Before, Have I Known, Such Heaven.
Nothing, Like The Bliss, By You, I'm Left in.
Ecstasy, To Me, Your Presence Has Been.
No Words, To Describe, The Joys You've Given.

Venus, Aphrodite, Could Not Induce,
This Sheer Rhapsody, By Which, I'm, So Moved.
From The Very First Glance, I was, Just Wooed,
My Heart, My Soul, My All, Besot, Of You.

Overcome, I Am, With Pleasure, Sublime.
Exhilarated, I'm Left, Every Time...

Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFE GG

Robert Gardiner
R.G.Love

Ashley, Such Rhapsody, You Leave, Me In... (Bowlesian Sonnet)

Ashley, Such Rhapsody, You Leave, Me In.
Noting, Out There, Compares To, Your Heaven.
Unmatched Ecstasy, To Me, You've Given.
Your Wondrous Magic, Leaves Me, Reveling.

Aphrodite, Venus, Could Not Bestow,
Such Sheer, Utter, Rapture, Upon, My Soul.
Transfixed, I Am Left, Under, Your Control,
Bewitched, By The Wonders, You Overflow.

There's, Nothing, To Match , Your Splendor, Sublime.
You Engross, My Stomach, In Butterflies,
Sing, To Me, Sweetly, As A Lullaby,
Keep Me, Regaled, Like A Nursery Rhyme.

There's, Nothing, Like The Pleasure, You Induce.
Exhilarated, So, I Am, By You...

Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFE GG

Robert Gardiner
R.G.Love

Enraptured, Mckanzie, You Leave, My Soul... (Bowlesian Sonnet)

Enraptured, Mckanzie, You Leave, My Soul.
Such Ecstasy, Upon Me, You Bestow.
Fascinated, You Leave Me, Ever So.
By Your Wonders, I'm, Utterly, Extolled.

No Rhapsody, Out There, Comes Close, To You
Your Spelling Magic, Leaves Me, Simply, Wooed
Nothing, Like The Heaven, That You Exude.
Such Bewitchment, Within Me, You Induce.

Transfixed, You Leave Me, Every Time,
Within, A Whirlwind, Of Butterflies.
Just The Thought Of You, Alone, Paradise.
I Lose, Myself, In Your Splendor, Sublime.

Intoxicated, I Am, With Fancy.
Exhilarated, In Awe, You Leave Me...

Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFE GG

Robert Gardiner
R.G.Love

Now, You Suggest A Form!!!

Great post RG!!!!!

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