The Blood Quill form was invented in 2008 by Jim T. Henriksen writing on Allpoetry.com.
The Blood Quill form has two stanzas, each made of six lines. First and fourth line rhymes, second and fifth line rhymes, and third and sixth line rhymes per stanza. First, second, fourth and fifth line has six syllables, while third and sixth line has nine syllables. Rhyming pattern is abcabc defdef, and rhythm pattern is 669669 669669, or visually:
Poetic Justice
I will tell you a tale of a powerful guild, with brave members all over the Horde; And not once would they fail, for this group was so skilled, with a feather they held like a sword.
They fought till the last breath, whether theirs or their kill, and the ground trembled hard with a thud; With their enemies death, in their heart was a quill, and a poem was written in blood.
Specifications restated: Stanzaic: Two Sestets Syllabic: 6/6/9/6/6/9 Rhymed: abcabc defdef Metric option: Anapestic dimeter and trimeter.
My example
Race Riots (Blood Quill)
In reacting to hate caused by eras long past the aggrieved now have earned disrespect. When they somehow equate one man’s acting too fast, just to race, they’re not most circumspect.
In destroying a store or committing a crime, their behavior is rising a flood. All their own ought deplore men behaving like slime and then forcing more payment in blood.
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