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Just five lines (and a title where appropriate)...

Some of you may be wondering how to fill these lines!
 
This page provides links to a few poetry forms that you may like to consider. Stanza breaks and titles (where appropriate) do not count. Some five-line forms traditionally have titles: others do not, so please check.

• Acrostic poem: this form can be five lines long if you choose a five-letter word. See here.
  
• Bina: devised by Bob Newman. See here.  
  
• Cinquain: the Shadow Poetry site has a good explanation here.
• Limerick: there is a good definition here on the poets.org site. You will find some of Edward Lear's limericks here. 
• Mid-line (or end-line) Acrostic Poem
• Tanka: no titles, please. You will find an introduction to Jean Emrich's Tanka Online site here. 
• Tetractys: a form invented by Ray Stebbing. Take a look here. 

The Poet's Garret site provides some good information on five-line forms... here.
You might like to try a Riddle poem (what am I?...) or a mini list-poem of Kennings: see here. 

The Book of Forms, A Handbook of Poetics Including New and Invented Forms by Lewis Putnam Turco (UPNE 2011) is an excellent handbook for everyone who enjoys experimenting with forms old and new.

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A link to poems for Photo Challenge 1 can be found here. 
Details of Photo Challenge 2 can be found here.
Details of Photo Challenge 3 can be found here... still time to submit.