Ange’s Prompt:
For this week’s W3 challenge, writers are invited to capture a dramatic moment in just a handful of lines — a storm breaking, a glass shattering, a door slamming, a sudden realization, or any instant where something changes sharply or unexpectedly.
You may write in any poetic form, with the following restrictions:
- Your poem must be between 5 and 8 lines long.
- Every single word in the poem must be one syllable long.
- You are allowed one multi-syllable word — but it must appear as the very last word of the poem.
Have fun with the tension this creates. Sometimes the smallest words carry the greatest force.
Peal with Poet’s Pen
A fun, yet not so fast, hand here;
But, shout, it should.
And far from me to fight or fear,
But if I could,
I still would not, nor crash your scene.
I peal with poet’s pen, be seen!
Be heard! Pens, shout!
Wield words about!
Kaci Rigney Copyright 2026
Another of my own forms, The Kace of Fours & Eights: structure: octave, may be stanzaic. Syllable count: 8.4.8.4.8.8.4.4. Rhyme scheme: ababccdd. Written with an iambic foot and a liberal use of alliteration. Let me know if you try it. 🙂
Title : Home
I know where I must go so, home
Where is this way?
May not know the face of the road
Yet to quit, nay
To tell a town to turn a child
Might make the most meek in heart , wild
So turn me not
Home , all I’ve got
Solid’s Seething/ Using : The Kace of Fours & Eights Form by Kaci Rigney / 2026 / July 15
Yay!! Well done! Thank you for using the form. ♥️
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Bravo! I really like the repetition and alliteration (my favorite poetic device.) Thank you for sharing both poems. Great poem! but this one isn’t my form fours and eights 🤗 still love it!
Looked at your website and saw that you were inspired to create The Being Form from the Kace of Fours and Eights! Love it!!
YEAH😂 I Noticed , got lost in the challenge and mistook the challenge for the actual form😅. Great catch 👌. And great form you’ve got here. Keep it up architect. 💫
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Thank you! 😊
I love this—and I love your form. 💗
Thank you so much for your encouragement. I’m so glad you love it. ❤️
Great spirited verse with effective use of alliteration that captures the internal conflict of an artist – the hesitation to ‘crash’ or intrude, balanced against the irrepressible urge to create and be heard🙌
Thank you so much.
Kaci – You have a wonderful sense of urgency and playfulness.The final two lines are incredibly strong and leave us with a fantastic, lingering spark of energy – great response thanks so much for taking part 😊
Thanks, Ange! I appreciate your encouragement so much.
It’s a joy to be involved.
Kaci, I really like how “I peal with poet’s pen” makes poetry feel loud like a bell instead of quiet words on a page 🔔
Much love,
David
Thanks, David.
Sometimes it needs to be. And sometimes serene poetry speaks so loudly in my heart.
Much love back to you,
Kaci
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Would you mind if I share this as a ‘reblog’ at some point in the future?
Much love,
David
Thank you. I would love that.
Love,
Kaci
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Poignant, brilliant piece 👏❤️❤️
Thank you, Benjamin. 😊
“Be heard! Pens, shout!
Wield words about!”
Yeah! Write on.
Thanks! Glad you liked it!