The Milk-quartz Lion-person is a poetic form concerning the concept of nature, originating in The Focal Systems. The form guides poets during improvised performances. The poem is a single quatrain. Use of internal rhyme, consonance and symbolism is characteristic of the form. A form of parallelism is common throughout the poem, in that certain lines often share an underlying meaning. The first line has thirteen syllables. The second line has seven syllables. The third line has nine syllables. The fourth line has nine syllables. The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABBA.