A blazon is a poem of praise for a beloved, from the French tradition, which is a kind of catalog or list poem enumerating the physical attributes of the beloved and using a metaphor to describe each of those attributes. Read and listen to Andre Breton's "Free Union," a surreal example of the form here.

Read Cecilia Woloch's "Blazon" for inspiration and her interview with Diane Lockward on Diane's Blogalicious blog.