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The Significance of Poetry2 comments

Cendrine Marrouat wrote 1 month ago: After a busy night listening to Eddie Benitez being interviewed by Olivia Wilder, writing, and doing … more →

Tags: poetry/poesie, Spirituality/Spiritualité, definitions, Forms of Poetry, significance of poetry

And Then We Shall Return1 comment

almarose wrote 7 months ago: How to Write Poetry and Live Poetically Free E-Course Assignment 37.1 Chapter 11: Living Poetically … more →

Tags: Creative Process, e-Course, Free e-Course, how to write poetry, meditation, online poetry course, personal develoopment, Poetry, poetry & writing

On the benefit of constraints

janisfreegard wrote 7 months ago: Poetic forms have a particular advantage. Using the restrictions imposed by a sonnet (14 lines, usin … more →

Tags: writing, Janis, Poetry, oulipo, Christian Bok, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Windhover

Personal Blogging: Today's Poetic Form - Cento.

The Butterfly Girl wrote 9 months ago: I have used this style/inspiration for my poetry for ages now. Cento as Poetic Form Now, I don … more →

Tags: writing, Creative Prompts & Brainstorming, Cento, poetic research

The Ghazal: Understanding its elements

Ann White wrote 10 months ago: The ghazal is often misunderstood, usually mispronounced and is something of an anomaly to contempor … more →

Tags: Writing Tips, Ghazal, Urdu Poetry

Sestina: Example and Form

thedamari wrote 10 months ago: It’s not about peanut butter, but here is an example of a sestina. I wrote this poem a couple … more →

Tags: writing, Books, Poetry, sestina

Carol Rumens on sestinas and "Darling, Would You Please Pick Up Those Books?"6 comments

Michelle wrote 12 months ago: The sestina is a poetic form that immediately declares itself to the eye.  In the days when it was s … more →

Tags: Poetry, american writers, muses, Poets, Sestinas, The Book of Jobs, The Muse, Would You Please Pick Up Those Books?, Writers

Put That Stinger Away and Use Your Stock Resources

woley wrote 1 year ago: Daily Draw for April 11th, 2008 Still using the Circle of Life Tarot, along with some word tickets. … more →

Tags: April 2008, Circle of Life Tarot, Poetry, pantoum

Hiz Chiasmus

bloggernacleburner wrote 1 year ago: provs hiz ancint, holi orginprovs hiz ancint, holi orgin … more →

Tags: LOLDoodz, LOLDemocommies, mormon, Apologetics, john welch

Ghazal by Mimi Khalvati1 comment

Tissue Girl wrote 1 year ago: My Poetry and Fiction class is taking up different poetic forms. This morning, we discussed the Ghaz … more →

Tags: Love, Poetry, Ghazal, longing, Mimi Khalvati, Poem

Second round of workshops, week 5: exploring poetic forms

Deb Baker wrote 2 years ago: If you want to see what I cover in “exploring poetic forms,” you can check out the blog entry from t … more →

Tags: Poetry, writing, Free Verse, haibun, Haiku, Poems, Senryu, Teaching, Teens

Workshops, week 6: exploring poetic forms2 comments

Deb Baker wrote 2 years ago: This was the final week of the first series of poetry workshops at an alternative public high school … more →

Tags: Poetry, writing, unschooling, Workshop, Teaching, Poems, Teens, WorDs, Meter


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