Poetry and Short Stories

Diminuendo Poetry Form

Diminuendo Poetry Form


This form is my invention.


1. The poem MUST be about nature in some way.
3. The poem MUST be only one stanza.
2. The stanza MUST have 5 lines AND each line MUST contain a specific number of syllables:

line 1: 5 syllables
line 2: 4 syllables
line 3: 3 syllables
line 4: 2 syllables
line 5: 1 syllable

The lines do not have to be separate sentences. The entire stanza may be one sentence, or it may contain several.