Wheelchair Angel Style
A new form of poetry created to honor
Poet mike44 aka Author Michael L Schuh
Who we now know as the wheel-chair angel…
It consists of 25 lines
Starting with head syllable count of 2/2/3/4/3/2/1/3
to create the impression of the back of a man
sat in his wheel chair
5/8/8/10/8/8/8/8/8/8/ these line represent the chair
Then 4/ 4/6/6/4/4 split to represent two wheels
Then a 10 syllable line to represents the ground
Content must include wheel chair.
Created by Pat Simpson 3/10.2009
Pasted from http://the.a.b.c.of.poetry.styles.patthepoet.com/T2Z.html
Many Thanks to Christina R Jussaume for her work on the Poetry Styles site.
• The Wheelchair Angel Style is a poem that attempts to create silhouette shape of a man in a wheelchair. Found at Poetry Styles this invented verse form was introduced by Pat Simpson to honor poet, Michael L. Schuh and who suggests the content include reference to a wheelchair. It was found at Poetry Styles.
The Wheelchair Angel Style is:
○ a poem in 25 lines.
○ syllabic, 2-2-3-4-3-2-1-3 5-8-8-8-10-8-8-8-8-8-8 4-4-6-4-4 10. L20 thru L24 are split, to create the illusion of wheels.
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Pasted from http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=1001#wheel
My thanks to Judi Van Gorder for years of work on this fine PMO resource.