Hey everyone!

Jstro started a wonderful thread in July challenging everyone to create a poem using the cinquain style. I thought for August, we could try out a new style of poetry that not everyone may be familiar with. It's called Diamante Style poetry.

Basically, Damante Style poetry is diamond shaped. Here are the rules of creating a Diamante Style poem.

Diamante Style- is a seven-lined contrast poem set up in a diamond shape.
Line 1: Noun or subject
Line 2: Two Adjectives
Line 3: Three -ing words
Line 4: Four words about the subject
Line 5: Three -ing words
Line 6: Two adjectives
Line 7: Synonym/antonym for the subject

Try one out! I look forward to reading what everyone comes up with! =)

David L.
Writer's Forum Moderator

Here's my attempt at this style of poetry. Phew, it's a little harder than I thought ;)

Night
mysterious, seductive
longing, embracing, romancing
stars, moon, colors, dawn
growing, brightening, warming
active, vibrant
Day

David L.

Bella
terrible, excitable
barking, running, jumping
furry, sweet, smart, silly
protecting, loving, sleeping
dog

I'm really bad at poetry.

I like yours.  :)

Heheheh I liked yours too dialyn =) Not bad at all!

And it sounds like Bella is still quite a handful! ;)

David L.

She's a darling...when she's asleep.  Woof.

Well formatting is the issue here

War
Bombs, battle
Preventing, preferring, promoting
Vengeance, violence, victors, vanquished
Retreating, retiring, returning
Homefront, horror
                                                                            Death                                                                            

Much nicer diamond shape than mine! ;)

And a very powerful poem I think. There's a lot of strong imagery-invoking words used. Nice entry =)

David L.

This is my first time in the forum. My mind is racing already wth this one. And here I thought I was having writers block. Thank you, for clearing a path. Ahh....I have to come back, stuck on line 6. The poems are beautiful. Deeply thought provoking. This is similar to the lanturne. Not as easy as it looks.

Michelle

I'm glad you're enjoying them and I look forward to reading what you come up with! =)

David L.

FLAT?

ocean

buoyant salty

 fishing sailing exploring

majestic  adventure hypnotic  horizon

sparkling unforgiving rocking

turbulent vast

sea

Whoa this wasn't easy! I even wound up changing words so that I would keep the diamond shape. I initially had the word "flat?" in the 6th line, but also didn't want to give up "vast" so for a lighter side put it in the title.  I rarely write without a title. While I know this is an exercise its just a habit I have. I don't know what took me so long to come here, but I'm so glad I finally did. I'm genuinely excited about your forum!
Michelle

Oh good. I have to go and do some thinking. Hope it doesn't hurt much!

~jon

Nice poem heartnsoul! =) You definitely nailed the shape and I like your word choice. I think the extra time you took thinking about it was worth it!

Welcome to the forum! =)

And looking forward to yours Jon! I was wondering when you were going to come up with one! ;)

David L.

Quote - Nice poem heartnsoul! =) You definitely nailed the shape and I like your word choice. I think the extra time you took thinking about it was worth it!

Welcome to the forum! =)

And looking forward to yours Jon! I was wondering when you were going to come up with one! ;)

David L.

Thank you David I enjoyed this. There is so much to learn here. I know I will be busy. Navigating is taking me a little time but I will get the hang of it.
Michelle

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!

Out of all the forums on Renderosity, the writer's forum is probably the slowest since it's the smallest community, but we're all very friendly and more than happy to help!

David L.
Writer's Forum Moderator

We're not slow, we're just thinking.

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Quote - We're not slow, we're just thinking.

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hahahah.....I like that one...that's a keeper!!

Hi,

I like this format.  I used to write Pantoum poems which also dictate a certain order of lines.

Here is my first Diamante.

Dead End

Cancer

Deadly, horrendous

Tiring, overbearing, increasing

Disease, doctors, chemo, weakness

Living, hoping, praying

Wishful, hateful

Death

I really like this one, especially since my family has had its own personal experience with cancer. The emotional words in it definitely speak to me. Very nice poem.

Quote - Hi,

I like this format.  I used to write Pantoum poems which also dictate a certain order of lines.

Here is my first Diamante.

 

Dead End

 

Cancer

Deadly, horrendous

Tiring, overbearing, increasing

Disease, doctors, chemo, weakness

Living, hoping, praying

Wishful, hateful

Death

   

 

 

 

     This was powerful!! Definately great word choices. For those of who have dealt with CA.....myself included, not only does it hit close to home.. you've landed a bullseye. ~Michelle~

I don't know if we are allowed more than one....

Happiness Is...

circles

big, rainbows

blowing, reflecting, shimmering

magical, laughter, delicate, irridescent

floating,  touching, popping,

tickles, small

bubbles

Hope you like it......I just had to write something about them.....I love bubbles, you can't help but smile when you see them. Even your soul smiles!

Thanks.

I wanted to say that I like the poem about war very much.  What makes it special is the use of words that start with the same letter throughout each line.

I wonder if this is required by this format?

Hanna 

War
Bombs, battle
Preventing, preferring, promoting
Vengeance, violence, victors, vanquished
Retreating, retiring, returning
Homefront, horror
                                                                            Death                                                                            

Dear Heartnsoul,

I like your poem, and I like bubbles too... always been fascinated by their rainbow colours...

If I may, I would like to point out a couple of points to notice in your poem.

1.  Second line requires the use of adjectives.  The word "rainbows" is a noun and together with the previous word "big" makes the line a sentence, a short one at that... lol

1. Line 6: Again, this line requires two adverbs.  The word "tickles" is eather a verb or a noun.

I think it would be easy to replace these words, unlike in other forms of poetry.

Hanna

Never Happy
J.M. Strother

August;

Miserable, sticky.

Sweltering, Steaming, Sweating.

Apparently, satisfaction's never found.

Freezing, forbidding, fatiguing.

Miserable, cold;

February.

Better late than never, eh? I'm not sure I like this form – it seems too restrictive. I sort of like the 1-2-3-4-3-2-1 format, but I don't really care for specifics of having to use two adjectives and three -ing words for lines two and three. Seems to handcuff the writer, to my way of thinking. Still, and interesting challenge. Glad I made it while we're still in August.

~jon

It's always been my opinion that, given the choice between format and idea conveyed, I tend to make sure that my idea is conveyed.

On that note, I'm glad to see that you submitted! =) A good entry as well!

David L.