Diamente Poetic Form (3 Poems) Poem by Ben Gieske

A Diamante is a seven-lined contrast poem set up in a diamond shape. The first line begins with a noun/subject, and second line contains two adjectives that describe the beginning noun. The third line contains three words ending in -ing relating to the noun/subject. The forth line contains two words that describe the noun/subject and two that describe the closing synonym/antonym. If using an antonym for the ending, this is where the shift should occur. In the fifth line are three more -ing words describing the ending antonym/synonym, and the sixth are two more adjectives describing the ending antonym/synonym. The last line ends with the first noun's antonym or synonym.


......................Civilized
............educated, governed
.....warring, fearing, defending
human, historic, prehistoric, human
.....warring, fearing, defending
.....ungoverned, knowledgeable
....................Uncivilized


.......................Legal
.............endowed, stamped
.....working, contributing, caring
..taxed, accepted, rejected, taxed
.....working, contributing, caring
.......undocumented, endowed
.......................Illegal

................................Tame
...................confined, protected
............obeying, serving, comforting
companionable, neutered, generative, unsociable
.......threatening, wandering, fascinating
.......................endangered, free
.................................Wild