Freya Pickard has invented a poetic structure she calls Freyan Verse:
Freyan Verse consists of 5 stanzas, each containing 7 lines. The seventh line of verses two and four overlap with line one of verses three and five. … Lines one and seven of each verse contain just one word. Each poem is designed to be read both vertically and horizontally. You can read each verse separately, and, you can also read the poem as a whole.
This is my second attempt…
| lust | match | |
| a conflagration | made in heaven | |
| of the self | choirs of angels sing | |
| worship of the physical | beauty | of two in love |
| of one of more | unlimited passion | led to the altar |
| ecstatic and sacrificial | crying to the divine | to elevate |
| sex | with or without | romance |
| hear her sigh | an angelic voice | setting heads a-spinning |
| see her hunger | timeless eyes | black holes devouring |
| her flame | bright | with selfish destruction |
| drowning the silk | of all the spider wrought | |
| cups overflowing | in pursuit of that essential | |
| wine | friendship |
Francis James Franklin (Alina Meridon) 
Wow. That’s complex. Well done!
Thanks š
What he said. Yes, well done!
Thank you kindly.
Well done, Frank. What a creative post – and poems so beautifully expressed.
Thank you – Freya has created a poetic form that lends itself to subtle tensions.
Wow!
Glad you like it. š
Reblogged this on Dragonscale Clippings and commented:
today I’m re-blogging Frank’s recent post – his Freyan Verse are very clever! what do you think?
Wow! This is a little complicated for me but you did a marvelous job, as usual.
There are five short poems connecting eight key words. What’s particularly nice about the structure is that you can read/write it different ways. It doesn’t necessarily make sense but it creates suggestive images and ulterior meanings, e.g.:
choirs of angels sing worship of the physical beauty of two in love, of one, of more
timeless eyes, black holes devouring, her flame bright with selfish destruction, drowning the silk, of all the spider wrought
Amazing. And there are clear suggestions. š