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~ Special Themes: Poetic Forms ~

Apart from alliterative poetry (stave rhyme), free verse, and endrhyming quatrains (ABAB, AABB or ABBA),
Odin´s Gift features still more formal poetic forms:

Acrostic                                       What´s an acrostic?
* Thor   Justin Douglas Blackford
* Hearth    Justin Douglas Blackford
* He Walks Alone   Justin Douglas Blackford
* Sly Trickster   Justin Douglas Blackford
* Arminius Laurel Mendes
* Thor Shivos 
* Freyja Shivos 
* Surreptitiously Unreal   Patricia
* Madre Terra e Padre Tuono Shivos (Italian)
* Runelore Jackie Hannigan
* Chieftain and Tribe  Wolf Helser

Haiku                                           What´s a haiku?
* Heathen Haiku (Freysblot, Death (for Nerthus), Cycles) Jordsvin
* For Odin  Jordsvin
* Haiku Rune Poem  Laure Lynch
* Viking Haiku Cynthia Haywood

Kyrielle                                         What´s a kyrielle?
* Folkways  Juleigh Howard-Hobson

Limericks                                      What´s a limerick?
* Heathen Limericks Michaela Macha

Sestet
* Freyja Sun-Wing Cameron La Follette        What´s a sestet?

Shakespearean Sonnet                     What´s a Shakespearean sonnet?
* Contemplating a Tour Karen Emanuelson
* The Fighter´s War Cry is Poetry  GregRobin Smith 
* From the Lands of the Norsemen Jake Ortega

Sonnet
* Ties Michaela Macha

Shape Poetry (=Concrete Poetry) What´s shape poetry ?

Lantern                                       What´s a lantern?
* Wod  Michaela Macha
Hourglass
* Even The Strongest Are Not Immortal  Justin Douglas Blackford  
* Rune Poem I  Rebecca Buchanan
* Rune Poem III: Ansuz Rebecca Buchanan
* Rune Poem IV: Kenaz Rebecca Buchanan
* Rune Poem V: Mannaz Rebecca Buchanan
* Rune Poem VI: Laguz Rebecca Buchanan
* Rune Poem VII: Thurisaz Rebecca Buchanan
* Rune Poem VIII: Algiz Rebecca Buchanan
* Rune Poem IX: Berkana Rebecca Buchanan
* Rune Poem X: Ehwaz Rebecca Buchanan
Apple
* Portrait of Idunna´s Apple Darí Einarfjórðison


Terza Rima                                   What´s terza rima?
* Mistletoe by Patricia & Sorn Skald 
* Thor´s Fishing Trip  Sorn Skald 
* Wisdom Sorn Skald 
* ´Tis to the Watery Halls of Ran  Jackie Hannigan
* The Sacrifice  Jackie Hannigan
* Freya   Jackie Hannigan
* Mundilfari´s Kin   Jackie Hannigan
* Passing Jackie Hannigan
* Mysteries Gathered   Jackie Hannigan
* BattleReavers´ Remembrance Jackie Hannigan

Villanelle                                       What´s a villanelle?
* Sif Golden-Hair
* For Freyr   Boar´s Heart
* La Grange   Boar´s Heart
* Lifted Horns   Boar´s Heart
* Whoever First Quenches the Flames Sorn Skald 
* Sweet Frigga   Jackie Hannigan
* Thor   Jackie Hannigan


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