Atarlis Fileata (a-ar-lee fee-lay-ah-tay), which is Gaelic for “repeating poetic” is a stanzaic verse which doesn’t seem to adhere to the standards of the ancient Irish forms. So I can only assume this is a more recent invented form, possibly the creation of Cathy at Mosaic Musings although she doesn’t indicate it as such.
The Atarlis Fileata is:
• stanzaic, written in any number of septets but each septet must be able to stand alone, therefore a narrative would not be appropriate.
• measured by number of words not syllables or metric feet with 2-3-4-5-4-3-2 words per line.
• rhymed, A B a x a B A.
• composed with a refrain, L1 is repeated as L7 and L2 is repeated as L6,
Heat of Autumn by Judi Van Gorder
Colors turn
warm my view
while damp leaves burn
and toast my frigid fingers
send thoughts to churn
warm my view
colors turn
Pasted from <http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=2169
My thanks to Judi Van Gorder for years of work on this fine PMO resource.
My example
I Vote Wrong (Atarlis Fileata)
I try
although it’s meaningless,
that I won’t deny.
Candidates I vote for lose.
I don’t know why;
although it’s meaningless
I try.
© Lawrencealot – November 11, 2014
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