The Olivine Creek is a reflective poetic form concerning Tothil the Rhyolite, originating in The Freeman of Supplying. The form guides poets during improvised performances. The poem is a single tercet. Use of vivid imagery is characteristic of the form. A form of parallelism is common throughout the poem, in that certain lines reverse grammatical structures. The first line has two syllables. The second line has fourteen syllables. The third line has five syllables. The rhyme scheme of the poem is AAB.