Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 07:57:56 -0400 From: untouched by human hands Subject: [WRITERS] EXERCISE: Challenge on Tuvian Poetry Forms (was: Horoscope trouble...) At 03:08 AM 7/11/98 -0400, (Alison) Tanith10@AOL.COM wrote: :)Hmmm.. If I finish mine by next Sunday I might have a chance to publish before :)Tuvian Poetry Forms become the hottest genre... Alright! To get the jump on that hot new genre, here's your challenge... 1. Provide us with one (or more, if you like) of the Tuvian Poetry Forms! Tell us how many lines, what the form of the line is, what the form of the (rhyme? internal assonance? extroverted dissonance? whatever) between lines is, and any other rules of the form (what? you must state a mechanical metaphor in the first quintet, respond with a vegetable in the second quartet, and conclude with a biomechanical integration in the last two lines? droll...) 2. And then, of course, provide us with a sterling example of the craft. (what, cruft? croft, perhaps, but never cruft...crift? nay, craft!) or at least a tinfoil imitation, okay? tink