Pentad~new poetic form? Options

[4rum]

New poetry form ???
Pentesam~Any number of five line stanzas in iambic pentameter, rhyme pattern ababb.
Example: (First one ever).

Improperly Pok't
Woulds't poking come more noble in the dark
Where not a prying eye is wont to see
Or pok't in darkness might he miss the mark
And leave thee with abrasions on thy knee
Time spent, methinks, in practice is the key

[Larry]

Hello Liz,

Been busy and just saw your retort pertaining to Sam's "Pentasam" form. As I stated in my reply to Sam, this seems to be a new variety of the Cinquain. Other than the pentameter format, it possesses the same rhyme scheme "ababb" and the five lines in the poem. I did not say it wasn't a new form, but please don't say it is nothing like a Cinquain.

Much like Lori's "Swap Quatrain", I utilized her new form and then I embellished her form and came up with a SQ/Sonnet. What I did wasn't new, although I haven't seen any other SQ/Sonnets. Sam took the liberty of making his own rules for his new form but part of the new form does, in fact, match the Cinquain format.

There are many variants to most poetry forms. This is how new forms are invented.

I enjoyed the poem and like the form. I, being a meter maid from way back, never cared much for the Cinquain anyway. Thanks to Sam, I can now enjoy a similar form which doesn't cause my brain to writhe in anguish trying to figure out the meterical flow.

Larry