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sherlock60Welcome once again to my poetry page!
I hope each week you will read Dr. Watson’s delightful narrative and then be inspired to write a poem related to it in some way. All forms of poetry are permitted, and further down the page there is a selection you might like to consider using over the coming weeks.
This week my featured form is the jueju.
Poetry Magnum Opus gives this definition (N.B. they use “Jue Ju” but “jueju” seems to be the convention in all other sources):
Jue Ju (curtailed or frustrated verse) is one of the oldest of the Chinese patterns and in the 3rd century AD the Jue Ju was very popular. It often carried "suggestively erotic themes". It does not tell a story but attempts to create a mood.
The basic rhythmic unit of Chinese poem is the single character (zi), which is pronounced as one syllable. In English the word represented by the character might be more than one syllable. Originally the Jue Ju was composed in 5 character lines. By the Tang era, 8th century it had evolved to a 7 character pattern and became fundamental to Chinese poetry.
The Jue Ju is:
metered, 5 or 7 character or word lines. (lines should be same length)
composed of 4 lines.
often erotic.
compared to Western poetry, could be considered terse and compressed.
Here is my example poem:
“The heart and mind of a woman
Are an insoluble puzzle to a male.”
Are you sure? My peace of mind—
Sir, you have long since cracked it.
As always, this is simply something to consider for the future. Any form of poetry is welcome this week—and every week! Here are a few suggestions for you:
221B verselet, abecedarian poetry, acrostic poetry, alexandrine, beeswing, blackout poetry, blues stanza, bref double, Burns stanza, call and response, chastushka, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, colour poems, concrete poetry, Cornish verse, curtal sonnet, diamante, doggerel, double dactyl, ekphrasis, elegiac couplet, elegiac stanza, elfje, englyn, epigram, epitaph, epulaeryu, Etheree, fable, found poetry, ghazal, haiku, Italian sonnet, jueju, kennings poem, lanturne, limerick, lyric poetry, mathnawī, palindrome poetry, pantoum, Parallelismus Membrorum, poem cycle, quintilla, renga, riddle, rime couée, Schüttelreim, sedoka, septet, sestina, sonnet, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triangular triplet, triolet, Tyburn, villanelle
Please leave all your poems inspired by The Illustrious Client in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!
Warm regards,
Mrs. Hudson
I hope each week you will read Dr. Watson’s delightful narrative and then be inspired to write a poem related to it in some way. All forms of poetry are permitted, and further down the page there is a selection you might like to consider using over the coming weeks.
This week my featured form is the jueju.
Poetry Magnum Opus gives this definition (N.B. they use “Jue Ju” but “jueju” seems to be the convention in all other sources):
Jue Ju (curtailed or frustrated verse) is one of the oldest of the Chinese patterns and in the 3rd century AD the Jue Ju was very popular. It often carried "suggestively erotic themes". It does not tell a story but attempts to create a mood.
The basic rhythmic unit of Chinese poem is the single character (zi), which is pronounced as one syllable. In English the word represented by the character might be more than one syllable. Originally the Jue Ju was composed in 5 character lines. By the Tang era, 8th century it had evolved to a 7 character pattern and became fundamental to Chinese poetry.
The Jue Ju is:
metered, 5 or 7 character or word lines. (lines should be same length)
composed of 4 lines.
often erotic.
compared to Western poetry, could be considered terse and compressed.
Here is my example poem:
Are an insoluble puzzle to a male.”
Are you sure? My peace of mind—
Sir, you have long since cracked it.
As always, this is simply something to consider for the future. Any form of poetry is welcome this week—and every week! Here are a few suggestions for you:
221B verselet, abecedarian poetry, acrostic poetry, alexandrine, beeswing, blackout poetry, blues stanza, bref double, Burns stanza, call and response, chastushka, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, colour poems, concrete poetry, Cornish verse, curtal sonnet, diamante, doggerel, double dactyl, ekphrasis, elegiac couplet, elegiac stanza, elfje, englyn, epigram, epitaph, epulaeryu, Etheree, fable, found poetry, ghazal, haiku, Italian sonnet, jueju, kennings poem, lanturne, limerick, lyric poetry, mathnawī, palindrome poetry, pantoum, Parallelismus Membrorum, poem cycle, quintilla, renga, riddle, rime couée, Schüttelreim, sedoka, septet, sestina, sonnet, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triangular triplet, triolet, Tyburn, villanelle
Please leave all your poems inspired by The Illustrious Client in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!
Mrs. Hudson
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Limerick
Date: 2016-02-14 08:07 am (UTC)(Kills his women when passion has ceased).
A dish for a King
Led to vitriol’s sting,
And his horrid past now is her feast.
Birthday limerick!
Date: 2016-02-14 11:52 am (UTC)Who from cradle did love ink and quill
Try as she might
She could not not write
Pen and words, her bosom friends still.
Re: Jue Ju: almost
Date: 2016-02-14 11:54 am (UTC)Re: Written earlier: Beguile
Date: 2016-02-14 11:55 am (UTC)James Damery
Date: 2016-02-14 12:51 pm (UTC)And a dark frock coat
A black silk cravat
Wound around the throat
Plus lavender spats
Clearly, a man of note.
Re: Limerick
Date: 2016-02-14 12:53 pm (UTC)Re: Jue Ju: almost
Date: 2016-02-14 12:54 pm (UTC)Re: Written earlier: Beguile
Date: 2016-02-14 12:58 pm (UTC)Your poem, Mrs H
Date: 2016-02-14 01:00 pm (UTC)Re: Your poem, Mrs H
Date: 2016-02-14 01:19 pm (UTC)Re: James Damery
Date: 2016-02-14 01:20 pm (UTC)attempt jue ju-Turkish bath
Date: 2016-02-14 01:30 pm (UTC)Steam. Hot. Vapour curls against world-weary flesh.
Sweat. Cool. Rivulets flow against straining flesh.
Sighs. Soft. World-weary. Straining. Flesh against flesh.
Re: James Damery
Date: 2016-02-14 02:28 pm (UTC)A jueju: ILLU - the remix
Date: 2016-02-14 02:28 pm (UTC)“You had best come home with me.
My plans? Well, Watson, I love to
come to close grips with my man.”
Re: attempt jue ju-Turkish bath
Date: 2016-02-14 02:30 pm (UTC)Re: Limerick
Date: 2016-02-14 02:30 pm (UTC)Re: A jueju: ILLU - the remix
Date: 2016-02-14 02:31 pm (UTC)Re: Jue Ju: almost
Date: 2016-02-14 02:31 pm (UTC)Re: Written earlier: Beguile
Date: 2016-02-14 02:34 pm (UTC)Re: James Damery
Date: 2016-02-14 02:37 pm (UTC)(Just been looking up "lucent". A hat giving off light? Was it fitted with a bulb?)
Re: attempt jue ju-Turkish bath
Date: 2016-02-14 02:37 pm (UTC)Re: A jueju: ILLU - the remix
Date: 2016-02-14 02:39 pm (UTC)Re: attempt jue ju-Turkish bath
Date: 2016-02-14 02:43 pm (UTC)I love the repeated use of "flesh" - it's so clever and works so well.
Re: Your poem, Mrs H
Date: 2016-02-14 02:47 pm (UTC)Re: A jueju: ILLU - the remix
Date: 2016-02-14 02:48 pm (UTC)