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Apr 10, 2025 at 12:43pm
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Form of the week: Ziggurat
by Dave Author IconMail Icon
The Ziggurat is a 14-line poem with 4 stanzas, invented by Paul Szlosek.

The first stanza has two lines of two words each.

The second stanza has three lines of three words each.

The third stanza has four lines of four words each.

The fourth stanza has five lines of five words each.

Each stanza is monorhyme, as described and demonstrated in the following links:

https://playground.poetry.blog/2021/04/12/invented-poetry-forms-the-ziggurat/

https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/6782-day-7-yep-thats-where-i-left-off-app...

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Form of the week: Ziggurat · 04-10-25 12:43pm
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Re: Form of the week: Ziggurat · 04-11-25 5:45pm
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Re: Dan's Form of the week: Ziggurat · 04-12-25 2:41pm
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Re: Re: Dan's Form of the week: Ziggurat · 04-12-25 3:06pm
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Re: Re: Re: Dan's Form of the week: Ziggurat · 04-13-25 2:40pm
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Dan's Form of the week: Ziggurat · 04-14-25 5:01pm
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Re: Form of the week: Ziggurat · 04-17-25 5:29am
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Re: Jake's Form of the week: Ziggurat · 04-17-25 3:57pm
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Re: Re: Jake's Form of the week: Ziggurat · 04-17-25 6:47pm
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