TAE GALLERY: original artwork, photography, and poetry by THOMAS A. EKKENS

EKKENSIAN VERSE

Thomas A. Ekkens has created the “Ekkensian” poetry form using the following structure:

Iambic rhythm		Rhyme
line 1	five feet	a
line 2	two feet	b
line 3	two feet	c
line 4	five feet	a
line 5	one foot	repeat

We encourage other poets who enjoy poetic forms to write Ekkensian verse. TAE Gallery will post your poems on this site with your permission. If you are interested, please contact us via e-mail or call 650-355-4640 (PST).

Here are some examples of Ekkensian verse by Ekkens:

  A New View
  As a Poet
  Becoming a Full Moon
  Climb a Tree
  One More Year (51)
  Standing Naked
  This & That
  Where It Falls

Here are other poets' contributions to this new poetic form:

  Crisis (Rod Clark)
  Her sword (Tim Ferrari)
  Just Listen (Tim Ferrari)
  Night’s Decision (Rod Clark)
  ‘Tizathee (Rod Clark)
  Untitled (Valerie Malliett)

Please visit our complete book catalog, which includes Ekkensian verse.