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Monday, November 28, 2016

Monday Poetry Stretch - Six Words

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Don't fret, this isn't a sestina! Today I have a different six-word poetry challenge. In the book  I Am Writing a Poem About . . ...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Monday Poetry Stretch - Terzanelle

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I'm a day late this holiday week, but I'm here and glad you are as well. So, what do you get when you cross a terza rima and a v...
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Monday, November 14, 2016

Monday Poetry Stretch - Diminishing Rhyme

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The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach , contains a number of prompts and writing exercises, including this one ent...
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Monday, November 07, 2016

Monday Poetry Stretch - Macaronic Verse

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In celebrating my blogiversary yesterday (10 years!), I went back and looked at all the poetry stretches we've done since I started po...
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Sunday, November 06, 2016

Ten Years Old! A Blogiversary Retrospective

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Today I am celebrating 10 years in the blogosphere, and more specifically, the Kidlitosphere . It's been an amazing ride. I've foun...
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Friday, November 04, 2016

Poetry Seven Write Terza Rima

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As this year of writing together winds down, the Poetry Seven gang is tackling our final form, the   terza rima . The  Teachers and Writers...
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Monday, October 31, 2016

Monday Poetry Stretch - Ekphrastic

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Since it's Halloween, it seemed appropriate to suggest we write about this image. Shapes of Fear by Maynard Dixon (1930-32) Smiths...
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Monday, October 24, 2016

Monday Poetry Stretch - List Poem for Fall

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A  list poem  is a carefully crafted list, catalog, or inventory of things. Robert Lee Brewer of Poetic Asides writes this in his article  ...
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Friday, October 21, 2016

Poetry Friday is Here Today!

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**Apologies, folks. I set the schedule as I always do for 12:01. Apparently, this time around I hit PM instead of AM. I'm here and ready...
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Monday, October 17, 2016

Monday Poetry Stretch - Rondeau Redoublé

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The rondeau redoublé is a French poetic form composed of 25 lines with only 2 rhymes, whole repeating lines, and a hemstitch. The line...
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Monday, October 10, 2016

Monday Poetry Stretch - Rondeau

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The rondeau  is a French poetic form that uses only two rhymes and hemstitch. Here are the basic guidelines: Composed of 15 lines Lines...
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Friday, October 07, 2016

Poetry Seven Write Poems for Arlequin

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This month the poetry gang wrote poems to images selected by Kelly. The piece is by René de Saint-Marceaux and is titled Arlequin . Kelly t...
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Monday, October 03, 2016

Monday Poetry Stretch - Magic 9

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The Magic 9 is a relatively new 9-line poetic form. Here's what the Poets Garret has to say about it's inception. Typing too fast...
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Monday, September 19, 2016

Monday Poetry Stretch - Haibun

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The haibun is is a poetic form first created by Matsuo Basho. It is a form that combines two modes of writing—prose and verse. Here are s...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Monday Poetry Stretch - Landay

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Late again! I can't seem to get my act together this semester, so please forgive the late post. The landay is an Afghani poetic form....
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Friday, September 09, 2016

Poetry Friday - September

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Today I'm sharing an aptly titled poem by William Wordsworth. September by William Wordsworth Departing summer hath assumed An asp...
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The Straight Poop on Who Pooped in Central Park?

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Way back in 2009 I wrote a post entitled Low-Brow Topics That Make For High-Brow Reading . Here's how it began. ***** On Tuesday I ...
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Monday, September 05, 2016

Monday Poetry Stretch - Englyn Penfyr

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Since I've just been working on Welsh poetic forms, I thought I'd continue on with another Welsh form this week. The  Englyn penfyr ...
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Friday, September 02, 2016

Poetry Seven Write Clogyrnach

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This month the Poetry Seven crew wrote in the form of the  clogyrnach  (clog-IR-nach).  The clogyrnach  is a Welsh poetic meter that falls ...
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Monday, August 29, 2016

Monday Poetry Stretch - Haiku Sonnet

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Hello all! I'm back after a bit of a hiatus and hopefully am in the swing of things now that we are in week 2 of the fall semester. Th...
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Monday, August 15, 2016

Monday Poetry Stretch - Espinela

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The Espinela is a Spanish poetic form composed of 10 lines, each written in eight syllables. It is named for the poet Vicentre Espinel who ...
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Friday, August 05, 2016

Poetry Friday - Poetry Seven Write Ekphrastic Poems

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This month the poetry gang wrote poems to images selected by Sara. I was thrilled with her choice, having read about this particular exhibit...
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Monday, August 01, 2016

Monday Poetry Stretch - Octava Real

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We've written in the form Ottava Rima a number of times. It is an Italian form that consists of any number of eight line stanzas with th...
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Monday, July 25, 2016

Monday Poetry Stretch - Ovillejo

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The ovillejo is a Spanish poetic form made popular by Miguel de Cervantes. It is a 10-line poem composed of 3 rhyming couplets and a final ...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Monday Poetry Stretch - Golden Shovel

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I know, it's Tuesday again. I'll just chalk my lateness up to my summer schedule. I've been thinking a bit about this excerpt ...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Monday Poetry Stretch - Englyn cyrch

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If orange is the new black, then Tuesday is the new Monday! My apologies for failing to post yesterday. I got caught up in the end of summer...
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Monday, July 04, 2016

Monday Poetry Stretch - Diatelle

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I've been searching a bit online for some "new" and different poetry forms. I discovered a site,  The Writer's & Poetr...
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Friday, July 01, 2016

Poetry Seven Write "In the Style Of" ... Kay Ryan

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Sigh ... I really procrastinated this month and now I'm not so happy with my poem. I guess that's alright. My energy has been focuse...
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