I have started experimenting with a new form that i call
jugytai jbopemci, inspired by the Chinese verseform
shih. It is basically four lines of one four-gismu
tanru each. In the Chinese form, there are rhymes on
even numbered lines, or else ABAB; this may or may not
be practicable in Lojban. Also, various parallelisms
are used. For instance, thinking of each pair of lines
as a couplet, the gismu in the same position in the
second line of the pair, might be an opposite or comple-
mentary to the similarly positioned gismu in the first
line of the pair... Another idea i have had is to use
alliteration, in the Old English fashion of two of the
gismu of the first of two lines alliterating with one
gismu (near the beginning) of the second of the pair.
So far i have only written one poem that satisfies
these criteria: mela vonovobu.. Comments solicited.
mi'e maikl.
(from jbosnu:
"kurfa pemci
mlecu smani xanri jecta daspo
.i bebna kanla tcica vimcu datni
.i remna cedra kandi lunra gusni
.i sefta cnita palci dzena smaji
.i daspo datni gusni smaji lenku"
"kurfa kurfa pemci
daspo datni gusni smaji lenku
.i datni krici crida sorcu dinju
.i gusni crida cedra fanmo facki
.i smaji sorcu fanmo dzena palci
.i lenku dinju facki palci terpa")