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Cordonostic Poem

Posted on October 17th, 2007 in Topical by Carolyn Cordon

A new poetic form. This was created with the initial purpose of helping young children discover poetry.

New poetic form – the “Cordonostic” poem – invented 10.00am 18 September 2006. The form must have an even number of verses, and is based on syllable counts as follows:

2 verses -

1st verse:

1st line – 3 syllables
2nd line – 5 syllables
3rd line – 7 syllables

2nd verse:

1st line – 7 syllables
2nd line – 5 syllables
3rd line – 3 syllables

Can be continued as wanted, keeping to 3/5/7;7/5/3 syllable count for further verses.

Can be rhyming or non-rhyming, on any subject matter.

Poem must contain at least one line of enjambment.

Example:

Ananka

Pregnant dog
her tummy filling.
Our hopes and dreams are rising –

will the puppies live up to
dreams, or not? Only
time will tell.

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2 Responses to “Cordonostic Poem”

Judy Sheldon
October 29th, 2007 at 2:44 pm

Very interesting. I bet children could really get into this.
Carolyn Cordon
November 21st, 2007 at 3:52 pm

Thanks Judy. I’ve had lots of fun with this poetic form – it’s a useful way to get people who say they’re into maths, not english, writing poetry. They can look at it as a maths task, not creative writing, and they can surprise themselves with what they come up with. That’s what I want people to do when they give creative writing a go – surprise themselves. There is barely a person alive who ‘can’t write!’ I encourage them to have a go in my fun ways, and it’s exciting for me when they see the light and get into it!