151 Poetic Forms and Counting!

I already posted about how there are 150 poetic forms and now I realize that there are actually more than that!
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One poetic form not included at:
The Poet's Garrett is the Shadorma.

According to One Stop Poetry
"Shadorma is a 6-line poem (sestet) of Spanish descent with no set rhyme scheme. The shadorma is a syllabic poem with the following structure: 3/5/3/3/7/5.

Write line one with three syllables
Write line two with five syllables
Write line three with three syllables
Write line four with three syllables
Write line five with seven syllables
Write line six with five syllables"

(end of quoted material from One Stop Poetry)

One option is to write out your ideas in a free verse poem and then use the Shadora form to refine and edit your poem into a more concentrated form.

But a poem can begin and end as a Shadora.

Here is poem from my friend, Art. He is an English teacher who writes a poem every day (and has for more than a year.)

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shadorma 08/03/11

empty house
but it’s not lonely
who’d’ve known?
the quiet
serenity enfolds me
but please come back soon


©2011-Art Belliveau

(reposted with permission from The Ogre's Poetry Den )

I like the shadora form. To me, one of the ways poetry can be powerful is how it says so much in so few syllables.

I like how Art's poem expresses both enjoyment of being alone and longing for the presence of someone special, all in just 6 short lines.