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