Tina’s Zigzag Rhyme is a form created by Christina R Jussaume and found at Poetry Styles (site no longer accessible).
- It starts with a sestet, refrain, quatrain, refrain and quatrain.
- It must be uplifting subject.
- Rhyme in first two lines is at left,
- next rhyme is center in lines 3 and 4,
- and rhyme in lines 5 and 6 is an end rhyme.
- Refrain is first two lines of poem.
- After refrain you use center rhyme, then end rhyme, continue with refrain… etc.
- It is an 8 syllable per line poem. No limit to stanzas but must have, at least one sestet, refrain, and quatrain.
My Example
Form: Tina’s ZigZag Rhyme
Now is a Present
Behold! It’s clear that I can think.
I’m sold that men are so imbued.
There is no need for fairy tales
or a dogma’s creed to comfort.
I think that if you think you’ll see
that things are just as they should be.
Behold! It’s clear that I can think.
I’m sold that men are so imbued.
All of us should enjoy right now
seeking what is good in others.
Happiness is an attitude
that worry’s likely to exclude.
© Lawrencealot – February 1, 2015
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