Jason Wilkins Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 My cousin Rich and I created Rictameter in the early 1990's when we frequently engaged in regular poetic contest during the weekly meetings of our self-invented order, The Brotherhood of the Amarantos Mystery, which was inspired by the movie Dead Poet's Society. It's a cyclical form that represents life expanding from birth and returning to the beginning again at death. I enjoy centering the justification so that it makes a diamond or circular shape indicative of this continuity, however, it is not required of the form. The first examples of the rictameter form to be made public were submissions made by myself to the website www.shadowpoetry.com in 2000. These are the first two poems created by Rich and I, so many years ago.SatinAs your lips arePressed to mine as velvetSoft and full with rounded sweetnessTwo gentle petals alive with the nightMisted in the summer beautyOf rains that shower love'Pon your lips ofSatinsubmitted by Jason D. WilkinsTreasurePlaced in your viewSo close but out of reachTorturous to all your sensesFor they each cry aloud to possess itTheir desires forever unquenchedFor the things some want mostThey cannot haveTreasuresubmitted by Richard W. Lunsford, Jr.I'd like to see what everyone else can do with the form. I have truly enjoyed reading so many gifted poets push this form towards perfection over the years. Its acceptance worldwide has been incredibly humbling and awe-inspiring as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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