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Monday, August 26, 2013

Monday Poetry Stretch - Labor

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In a speech given at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia on October 26, 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. asked students "What Is Yo...
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Monday, August 19, 2013

Monday Poetry Stretch - Lune

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One can find many variations on haiku these days. Often these forms attempt to find a syllabic pattern that is more appropriate to English ...
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Monday, August 12, 2013

Monday Poetry Stretch - Snowball

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It will be in the nineties today, but I'll be keeping cool writing snowball poetry. Here's an introduction. The OULIPO is a form ...
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Monday, August 05, 2013

Monday Poetry Stretch - Tanka

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Tanka  is a form of Japanese poetry that has been practiced for more than 1000 years. Tanka are composed of 31 syllables in a 5/7/5/7/7 for...
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Monday, July 29, 2013

Monday Poetry Stretch - Clerihew

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A  clerihew  is a short verse that is biographical and humorous. Here are the rules for writing a clerihew. The poem must be four lines l...
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Monday, July 22, 2013

Monday Poetry Stretch - Hay(na)ku

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I've found another new form that I would like to try this week. It's called hay(na)ku and was created in 2003 by poet Eileen Tabios...
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Monday, July 15, 2013

Monday Poetry Stretch - Sijo

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Originating in Korea, sijo are poems divided into three or six lines. These poems frequently use word play in the form of metaphors, symbol...
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Almost As Good As Wizard's Chess

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For your viewing pleasure ...
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Monday, July 08, 2013

Monday Poetry Stretch - Terza Rima

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I've been reading poetry this week and have iambic pentameter on the brain. I thought we should try a form that uses this meter, so thi...
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Monday, July 01, 2013

Monday Poetry Stretch - List Poem

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I could list all the reasons why I've been absent, but thought a poem would be better. Why Poems (and Blog Posts) Aren't Written ...
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Monday, May 20, 2013

Monday Poetry Stretch - Ideograms

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This in one of my favorite May Swenson poems. Cardinal Ideograms by May Swenson 0     A mouth.  Can blow or breathe,        be a fun...
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Monday, May 06, 2013

Monday Poetry Stretch - Rhopalic Verse

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In the book Fly With Poetry: An ABC of Poetry , written and illustrated by Avis Harley, you'll find descriptions and examples of many di...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Poetry A-Z: Day 30 ... Celebrations

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I can't believe it's that last day of April. As usual, after 29 days of poetry goodness I have a laundry list of things I wish I...
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Monday, April 29, 2013

Poetry A-Z: Day 29 ... Gardens

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My son and I spent Saturday morning in the community garden on campus pulling weeds. Growing weeds seems to be my forte, while growing veget...
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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Poetry A-Z: Day 28 ... School Days

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As my friends in K-12 schools finish up the last 9 weeks of the school year and begin testing like mad, things here are winding down. Cl...
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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Poetry A-Z: Day 27 ... Baseball

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It was Casey Stangel who said “You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.” Since today is the 27th, it seems like the perfect day to talk a...
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Friday, April 26, 2013

Poetry A-Z: A is for Avian

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I'm a bit sad that I'm at the end of this alphabetic trip through poetry. I really struggled in my final choice, wavering between aq...
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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Poetry A-Z: B is for Biographical

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While I love poems about nature and the world around me, I find poems about real people and/or historical figures to be inspirational forms ...
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