BALLAD
DEFINITION
Poems that brings music.
EXAMPLE
And from the graves, where names were carved in
stone, came a mournful Ballad, of life gone by.
A Ballad sang by mothers, whose children left behind,
and left to sing their ballads, of tears that did remain.
And what of Fathers Ballad, whose job was not complete,
who died and sang his song, of things that could not be.
In a smaller voices, still weeping and confused, the children
sang their Ballad, of parents never knew.
stone, came a mournful Ballad, of life gone by.
A Ballad sang by mothers, whose children left behind,
and left to sing their ballads, of tears that did remain.
And what of Fathers Ballad, whose job was not complete,
who died and sang his song, of things that could not be.
In a smaller voices, still weeping and confused, the children
sang their Ballad, of parents never knew.
NARRATIVE
DEFINITION
Poems that tell a story
EXAMPLE
With tresses all seaweed-y and shell-strewn
but barely brushing her breasts,
and her tail clinging to rocks all wave-hewn,
as her scales glisten with bubbles and brine,
she misses her freshwater step-sister,
the voluptuous vamp of the Rhine.
Splashing down like a swift-diving sea loon,
a semi-manned space capsule floats, rests –-
now cracks like a metal egg hatched on a moon.
Steel-skinned, he wades out, while whirring a whine:
Wanting his mama, this sky-sailing mister,
Crying dry tears for the mother-lode mine.
Such presence of mutual absence: a common boon?
Half-girl + demi-boy, sea with sky nests.
Fabled anatomy and automaton, both smitten, thus swoon
Into marriage-mix mystery, a miracle sign:
No human hearts to meld, nor Cupid’s wounds to blister,
When myth-born maid and man-made parts entwine.
but barely brushing her breasts,
and her tail clinging to rocks all wave-hewn,
as her scales glisten with bubbles and brine,
she misses her freshwater step-sister,
the voluptuous vamp of the Rhine.
Splashing down like a swift-diving sea loon,
a semi-manned space capsule floats, rests –-
now cracks like a metal egg hatched on a moon.
Steel-skinned, he wades out, while whirring a whine:
Wanting his mama, this sky-sailing mister,
Crying dry tears for the mother-lode mine.
Such presence of mutual absence: a common boon?
Half-girl + demi-boy, sea with sky nests.
Fabled anatomy and automaton, both smitten, thus swoon
Into marriage-mix mystery, a miracle sign:
No human hearts to meld, nor Cupid’s wounds to blister,
When myth-born maid and man-made parts entwine.
ODE
DEFINITION
Thankful, grateful, greeting style of poem. It usually tell how grateful someone/something is for someone/something else.
EXAMPLE
The bed, mother of sleep,
wife to the sandman, father
of sleep. As I arrive from
a long, grueling day, I look
to the mother of sleep and
fall into her arms,
a limp leaf.
There is no other
place I would rather be,
than in her loving, caring
grasp. She enriches my body
with the potion of sleep.
She charges my energy battery.
She is the sanctuary of strength.
Ode, to bed, mother of sleep.
wife to the sandman, father
of sleep. As I arrive from
a long, grueling day, I look
to the mother of sleep and
fall into her arms,
a limp leaf.
There is no other
place I would rather be,
than in her loving, caring
grasp. She enriches my body
with the potion of sleep.
She charges my energy battery.
She is the sanctuary of strength.
Ode, to bed, mother of sleep.
EPIC
DEFINITION
A poem that's dedicated for heroes and their journey story.
EXAMPLE
In a corner of the world
There was a land called Sumer
Whose waters once reached...
The Euphrates valley and the
Syrian desert, its high plateau,
As a result, the mud of two northern streams
Created a delta, with a pitiless sun
But rich was the soil, as anywhere
On earth...and God created man
And man here made his home:
This was the beginning, diversified
By marshes and reed-beds,
Rivers flush with their banks...
After the Great Flood, retreating
Waters and cultivating took place.
Hence, into Sumer the giants of old
Went, degreed a civilization, among
The dark-haired people...sporadically
Circumstances would promote social unity.
And there was Susa, Musyan, Elam
And the Persian Gulf--Mesopotamia;
And Queen shub-ad created style, and
Pottery formed, and temples were born.
And kings came and left, like King
Gilgamish; and thus came, gold vases,
And royal graves at UR, and the
Sumerian hymn, and they hummed
To the gods; and the villagers wore
Garments of sheepskins, and molded
Clay figurines, roughly chipped
From crystal, they wore necklaces
Of this kind, and beads;
This was the lost millennium.
LYRIC
DEFINITION
A poem that expresses feelings/emotions.
EXAMPLE
In the song of life, all lyrics need a melody.
You are the lyric and you are the melody.
You are the lyric of my heart and of my soul.
The beauty of the rose, speaks a lyric of love.
Love, speaks a lyric of you.
The silent lyric of goodness, echoes from within you.
My heart, speaks the lyric of love...to only you.
Let the words...the lyric...that bind, pass between us.
Let the lyric, of you...of me...be as one.
A million words I can speak of you and the lyrics
would be the same...I love you now. I always will
You are the lyric and you are the melody.
You are the lyric of my heart and of my soul.
The beauty of the rose, speaks a lyric of love.
Love, speaks a lyric of you.
The silent lyric of goodness, echoes from within you.
My heart, speaks the lyric of love...to only you.
Let the words...the lyric...that bind, pass between us.
Let the lyric, of you...of me...be as one.
A million words I can speak of you and the lyrics
would be the same...I love you now. I always will
SONNET
DEFINITION
Poem with 14 lines and 10 syllables.
EXAMPLE
I stroll along a fragrant country lane
With honeysuckle perfume on the air –
And feathered crooner’s warble to revere –
Then cross a golden sea of flowing grain
In empathy – it seems to sense my pain
Of knowing all was done with my affair –
Her empty meaning now the solitaire
She cast away – betrothment all in vain.
But oceans team with many fish to catch
So I must up and hoist another sail
And seek the one that really waits for me,
For soon auspicious breezes will prevail
In guiding forth to find a truer match:
The one to take my hand as wife to be.
With honeysuckle perfume on the air –
And feathered crooner’s warble to revere –
Then cross a golden sea of flowing grain
In empathy – it seems to sense my pain
Of knowing all was done with my affair –
Her empty meaning now the solitaire
She cast away – betrothment all in vain.
But oceans team with many fish to catch
So I must up and hoist another sail
And seek the one that really waits for me,
For soon auspicious breezes will prevail
In guiding forth to find a truer match:
The one to take my hand as wife to be.
ELEGY
DEFINITION
A poem that's for expressing feelings of loss and sadness. Mostly about death.
EXAMPLE
The foul stench of burning flesh permeates the air,
Rotten, putrefying bodies lie in the baking sun,
Bright crimson death everywhere,
Frightened masses on the run
Wide-eyed terror on the prowl,
Africa rent asunder,
Can be seen Death’s scowl,
Sheer madness in Rwanda
Frenzied killing unabated,
A fevered orgy of blood,
Hate and bloodlust not sated,
A vile and incessant flood
Rotten, putrefying bodies lie in the baking sun,
Bright crimson death everywhere,
Frightened masses on the run
Wide-eyed terror on the prowl,
Africa rent asunder,
Can be seen Death’s scowl,
Sheer madness in Rwanda
Frenzied killing unabated,
A fevered orgy of blood,
Hate and bloodlust not sated,
A vile and incessant flood
FREE VERSE
DEFINITION
A poem that can follow any pattern and using any thing in the poem. It doesn't necessary need any figure of speech, periods, comma,... but it needs words, lines, meaning, and theme.
EXAMPLE
Dance with me.
We'll invent a Finnish tango
and wow all the cool people
at the Copacabana, or
slide a lunar waltz under disco starlight with every
eye watching you.
SIGNIFICANCE
Different types of poetry brings different feelings, meanings, and interpretation to the poem. Poems are creative and they exist under many forms and styles. Some might like one type, some might hate it. But types of poem are created to divide the poems up into different sections and people can easily recognize the poems by the differences between them.
