Sestina

Dear Thrasher by Sonya Huber

Playing with Dolls by David Trinidad

On Flight 659 with Sean Penn by Denise Duhamel

Villanelle

Explanation, including Dylan Thomas’s “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night.”

The Triolet

A sample triolet, with instructions

Ghazal

Ghazal Spirit

Florida Ghazals by Spencer Reece

Epithalamion

An epithalamion is a poem in honor of marriage.

The subject of an epithalamion is generally a specific wedding; the groom and bride are praised, blessings for the marriage are pronounced, and the poem generally wishes happiness for the couple.
Traditionally, the epithalamion is a long form, with some running in excess of 300 lines. The form was widely used in ancient Greek and Rome, and enjoyed pronounced revival in Europe during the Renaissance.

An Epithalamion for Heather and Will

Aubade

Another non-metric form is the aubade. In music, the aubade is morning music; a morning concert in the open air played for a specific individual (such as a member of a royal family). This is opposed to a serenade which is played in the evening.

It's also defined as "A song or poem greeting the dawn; also, a composition suggestive of morning."

In formal poetry, it's considered as coming from a Provencal song sung by lovers departing at dawn.

Aubade Mendocino