Thanks again.Thank you. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!I love that readers have left their creations of the form for my readers to enjoy. If I were to stay with your guitarist analogy, I see my self more as a studio musician in a world for of front men. Voted up up up on all counts.I think the Bop is a good vehicle for delivering any kind of message in a powerful way, although the contextual guidelines might be limiting, Minnetonka. Maybe that is a false humility or maybe it is a realistic view of my talents, who can tell?

Good enough for the background, but short of being the main act. Capitalize the word following a comma that would be in the initial
But I love both poems-- especially the first one. Bop On The Upside michael hagwood 14.

6. 26in. We feel the struggles, we share the pain, and we find the hope that remains. Shoobie Doo Bop (Doo Wop) Gianni Vespucci 16. The contextual aspect is that the poem tells a certain kind of In Be-Bop Niko Tiliopoulos 19. Can you tell I am having fun with this?Thank you, Ytsenoh!

Workover. but you took it and created a powerful poem that speaks to our poor treatment of Mother Earth. I have trouble wrestling one form into submission, much lass trying to combine them. You are too kind with your praise, but I love it all the same! They always symbolize a human trait or condition of life: heroes, victims, the loyal and the faithless, the one who rises to power, the one who fails and falls into despondency and death. Fabulous!As a long-time environmentalist, I appreciate the substance of your poem.Thank you, Pete! Good enough?

He writes: I hope some day we will care enough.such an unusual style of poem. Each listing links to a more comprehensive description of the form along with an example poem … You create a world and the reader becomes fully immersed in it.

The Bop is a lot of fun. Originally, lyric poems, as the name suggests, were sung and accompanied by the lyre, a stringed instrument not unlike a harp.Even today, we often use the term ‘lyricism’ to denote a certain harmony or musicality in poetry.

That writing is as compelling as a physical addition. This will teleport you to a Cherry Blossom Grove biome I've never heard of this form, but it sounds like fun and sometimes it's fun to simply write freely and after studying the forms of poetry, I still prefer free verse.I think its origins are in the "call and response" tradition, often used in sermons.Very interesting hub. :)I have never heard of Bop too but I love the fun element involved and the refrain ties the whole poem together. Outside of upper-level poetry seminars or in-depth studies, we mostly tend to focus on seven common types of poetry. I like the form. I relate to the Sysiphus image and I love the notion of him rolling a big ball of money-- fabulous image.

Love your Sysiphus poem.Who knew about the Bop?

The name of the poetry form came from a word used around the area he grew up in Baltimore. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. © Academy of American Poets, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038 This reads beautifully!
The Bop poem is a fixed form invented by Afaa Michael Weaver (pictured) formerly known and born to this world as Michael S. Weaver. Not unlike the Shakespearean sonnet in trajectory, the Bop is a form of poetic argument consisting of three stanzas, each stanza followed by a repeated line, or refrain, and each undertaking a different purpose in the overall argument of the poem.This is where poetry form blurs with prose as, with the absence of rhyme scheme, meter, or delineation of line length, it may appear very open. Good luck in the contest.Copyright © 2020 HubPages Inc. and respective owners. 12.1/4 / 8.1/2in. Examples of Bop Poems: 27 BOP. “[B]op referred … I do hope to try my hand at that poetry type (tautogram) where every word starts with the same letter. There is always room for yours….just saying! I shall definitely be writing more. Never heard of this form but am certainly going to try it and your poems, especially the first one was quite funny to me.Bandits in helicopters.....you know the rest. I look forward to your comments, and if you dare, maybe share your own Bop poem. A perfect example of this is Langston Hughes’s “ Theme for English B,” in which he breaks down the barrier between himself and his instructor, and by extension, the rest of the country. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. No HTML is allowed in comments, but URLs will be hyperlinked.

I adore your mind. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. BOP size / rating . Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. Please, if anyone does try it out, please show me.

An excellent message! It's fun to search around for forms of poetry that aren't so commonly known. A lyric poem is a (usually short) poem detailing the thoughts or feelings of the poem’s speaker. I accept criticism No criticism to give in the negative. This poem should be broadcasted so we all can hear its message over and over again.Thank you, Poetess!

It has got me through some sticky times Nice!

Onomatopoeia poems bop to the beat, buzz like a bee, this is an example of onomatopoeia poetry in action.