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Friday, June 26, 2015

Poetry Friday - Monotone

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I've been reading Sandburg the last few weeks, so today I'm sharing a poem I can't seem to get out of my mind. Monotone b...
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Monday, June 15, 2015

Monday Poetry Stretch - Rondel

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The rondel is a French verse form. It consists of 13 lines in 3 stanzas and contains two refrains (repeated lines). The rhyme scheme is bel...
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Friday, June 12, 2015

Poetry Friday - The Broad Bean Sermon

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Today I'm thinking of gardens and summer and sharing a poem I came across while reading The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poe...
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Monday, June 08, 2015

Monday Poetry Stretch - Sapphic Stanza

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The Sapphic stanza is composed of 4 lines, the first three lines consisting of 11 syllables, the last line of 5 syllables. The long lines a...
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Friday, June 05, 2015

Poetry Seven Share Odes

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During the month of May the Poetry Seven spent their time working on odes. After much discussion of form, we decided that a bit of humor wa...
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Monday, June 01, 2015

Monday Poetry Stretch - Rhupunt

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I am still reading and pondering the forms in Robin Skelton's  The Shapes of Our Singing: A Comprehensive Guide to Verse Forms and Metr...
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Friday, May 29, 2015

Poetry Friday - Lures

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Hello friends! I've been absent with the start of summer school and wrapping up the academic year here. It's good to be back. Be sur...
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Monday, May 18, 2015

Monday Poetry Stretch - Abandoned Barn

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On a drive in a rural county this week I saw several abandoned buildings. Those sights got me thinking about this week's writing prompt...
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Monday, May 11, 2015

Monday Poetry Stretch - Chueh-chu

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Forgive me for being a bit late today. I normally write these posts on the weekend, but this one was filled with graduation activities. So,...
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Friday, May 08, 2015

Poetry Friday - IF ...

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Graduation weekend is upon us at the University of Richmond. I always find this a bittersweet time.  While I am happy to have successfully ...
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Monday, May 04, 2015

Monday Poetry Stretch - Burns Stanza

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When I interviewed J. Patrick Lewis last month ( read it here ) he said in response to a question on forms he wanted to try, "I’m endl...
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Friday, May 01, 2015

Poetry Seven Share Pantoums

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During the month of April the Poetry Seven spent their time working on the pantoum. Here is a description of the form. The pantoum is a ...
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Thursday, April 30, 2015

NPM Project: Jumping Into Form - Writing Poetry

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On this last day of the month I thought I would wrap up this year's National Poetry Month project by highlighting books that focus on f...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

NPM Project: Jumping Into Form - Michael J. Rosen on Form

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While Michael Rosen and I connected over a possible interview, we had a series of interesting conversations about this project and my inter...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

NPM Project: Jumping Into Form - Interview with Kristine O'Connell George

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In preparation for sharing forms this month, I wrote to a number of poets and asked if they would respond to a short list of questions on p...
Monday, April 27, 2015

NPM Project: Jumping Into Form - Concrete Poems

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What is a concrete poem ? On his web site  John Grandits  says that "Concrete poems are poems that use fonts, and shape, and texture, ...