Monday, November 17, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Septolet

A septolet is a 14-word poem written in two stanzas and connected by the same idea.

I've not seen any consistency regarding number of lines (I've seen 5, 6, and 7) or where the break between stanzas should be (some recommend between lines 4 and 5 if the poem is 7 lines long).

You can read more about the septolet at The Poets Collective and Super Forty.

I hope you'll join me this week in writing a septolet. Please share a link to your poem or the poem itself in the comments.

6 comments:

  1. Laura Salas's 15 Words or Less totally prepared me for this one!

    Lonely

    Words around me blur
    into vast black space
    and even

    the stars
    go out.

    —Kate Coombs, 2014
    all rights reserved

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  2. Nice, Kate!! Mine is more prosaic and sounds like a greeting card. Will try others:

    Partners

    We do not
    just
    hold onto
    one another’s hands.

    We hold onto
    one another’s
    hearts.

    ©2014 Jane Yolen all rights reserved

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  3. Watching My Granddaughter Dance

    Every time she plies,
    releves,
    stretches those
    long legs,

    I remember
    ballet school
    and ache.

    ©2014 Jane Yolen all rights reserved

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  4. Jane, I love the surprise ending of "and ache."

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  5. *You're absolutely right about Laura's 15 Words of Less, Kate!*

    STRESS EATING

    Stuffing my jowls
    With massive
    Plates of chow

    Is no recipe
    For happiness.

    (c) Charles Waters 2014 all rights reserved.

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  6. STRESS EATING

    Stuffing my jowls
    With massive
    Plates of chow

    Is no a recipe
    For happiness.

    (c) Charles Waters 2014 all rights reserved.

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