by Gowri Bhargav | Nov 20, 2025 | Poetic Styles, Poetry
Dizain is a French poem that became a favourite of many 15th and 16th century French poets. However this style was also employed in English by John Keats. Here are the basic rules of the dizain: 1) It has a one ten-line stanza. 2) There are 10 syllables per line. 3)...
by Gowri Bhargav | Nov 5, 2025 | Poetic Styles, Poetry
Book Spine Poetry is a form of found poetry where the spines of books are arranged vertically so that their titles, when read from top to bottom, become the lines of a poem. It is a fun poetry writing exercise both for children and adults. Here are the steps to create...
by Gowri Bhargav | Oct 15, 2025 | Poetic Styles, Poetry
Reverse poetry is a form of poetry where a poem can be read both from top to bottom and from bottom to top offering different and opposite perspectives of the theme chosen. Here are some simple steps that will help you craft a reverse poem; STEP 1...
by Gowri Bhargav | Oct 9, 2025 | Poetic Styles, Poetry
Blackout poetry is a form of found poetry created by erasing or blacking out words from an existing text in a magazine or newspaper. The words that are not blacked out result in an entirely new poem that is quite unique in its context. Here are the steps to...
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