The December Form Challenge is a challenge in which you can really go nuts! 31 different fixed poetry styles- one for each day of December. There are some I had never even heard of before! Its a chance to really expand your craft. I am a writer, a poet foremost and for all those out there that appreciate poetry this is for you.

It is truly a thrill I find to spend ages on a piece and masterfully craft it into something exquisite. Fixed form allows that.You get the chance to hone and push your words within a confined structure and watch as it magically works for you. I absolutely love it.

This challenge started as something I wanted to do to keep myself entertained and help to expand my knowledge in poetry but I had such a response to it, I have had to open doors for everyone else. So ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to The December Form Challenge!

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I have a list, of 31 different forms in alphabetical order. I have supplied a quick link to explanations and tutorials of each style so you can easily follow the steps to figure your way around each style.
Please enjoy!

1. Abcedarian [link]
2. Ballad [link]
3. Cinq-Cinquain [link]
4. Clerihew [link]
5. Diamonte [link]
6. Dodoitsu [link]
7. Dorsimbra [link]
8. Epistle [link]
9. Haiku [link]
10. Kyrielle [link]
11. Lento [link]
12. Lilibonnelle [link]
13. Limerick [link]
14. Ode (Pindaric Ode) [link]
15. Nonet [link]
16. Pantoum [link]
17. Parallelismus Membrorum [link]
18. Pleiades [link]
19. Quatern [link]
20. Rondeau [link]
21. Rondelet [link]
22. Senryu [link]
23. Sestina [link]
24. Sonnet [link]
25. Tanka [link]
26. Tetractys [link]
27. Terza Rima [link]
28. Triolet [link]
29. Tritina [link]
30. Tyburn [link]
31. Villanelle [link]

Please have a go at it. You only live once right?

Sam over and out.