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December 08, 2008 12:53 AM EST -- I suppose I'm cheating in a way.  I keep picking forms for which I already have at least one example of my own.  And I confess, the sestina is one of my absolute favorite forms.  You . . . more
June 07, 2009 01:08 AM EDT -- A triolet , a French-developed poetic form, repeats one particular line three times, hence its name.  Because of the repetition, something that haunts you or dwells in you like an obsession--and . . . more
June 17, 2009 01:39 AM EDT -- A question was brought up with me privately about following the rules.  Do you follow the rules?  How do you decide which rules to skip or fudge?  When you break a rule, how . . . more
February 02, 2009 01:37 AM EST -- When something nags you, haunts you, refuses to let go, it's time to release that something in a villanelle.  This form does quite a bit of repeating.  And it doesn't vary its rhyme . . . more
February 16, 2009 12:45 AM EST --   Changing a Flat I grew up believing the world was flat Have you ever lived in southwestern Minnesota? You changed my flat world and even more than that You believed in me, despite . . . more
March 03, 2009 02:29 AM EST -- Broken I write with all my heart, even when it is broken. Some say to just staple it back together, or flatten it on the board and iron deeply into the creases. When I left . . . more
March 06, 2009 07:03 PM EST -- The Terza Rima .  There's no predetermined rhythm for this, but the rhyme is strict.  The rhyme helps the narrator remember the words.  Looks like we'll need to read these poems . . . more
March 17, 2009 07:40 AM EDT -- Fibonacci's sequence of numbers Here's how this poem format works (and I didn't devise it, so no credit there for me). Fibonacci's numbers start like this: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13...The . . . more
May 06, 2009 01:16 PM EDT -- Lambing It was drizzling when the ewe gave birth That never fails to amaze me Pungent breeze and guttural sounds unearth The drizzling when the ewe gives birth The wet, fresh, lamb, instills . . . more
May 14, 2009 03:08 PM EDT -- He sits half-cocked by his mother's armoire as she bustles to iron his pants. His knobby knees betray his heart-- they shake when he sits, so by heart he recites the  Rifleman's Creed, . . . more
June 09, 2009 01:31 AM EDT -- Time to grow up and make some noise Childhood slips into memory Land a job, put away your toys Time to grow up and make some noise Stand with the men, no longer boys Whet your mind with mental emery . . . more
August 14, 2009 03:32 PM EDT -- Corrina Parr wrote a challenge for her group members and others to re-work an old poem. I'm offering a few ideas on how to re-upholster your poem. Delete every other line.   Cut off the . . . more
October 26, 2009 06:20 PM EDT -- Carol Jean always takes her coffee black Like the inky sky on a moonless night Digging in her pocket for a Salem pack A pair of essentials so that she can write Like the inky sky on a moonless . . . more
November 01, 2009 03:41 AM EST -- After Brother Caleb Donned Each Fedora-- Garish, He Is, Jonah's Killed Lion Mauled None. Only Paul Quietly Rent-- Sadly, Too- Ulsters, Vests, Worn . . . more
March 31, 2009 01:06 AM EDT -- One of these mornings, she won't awaken At night, while moon rises and Virgo shines her whispering breath leaves her forsaken. Moonlight litters the living room, defines a fleeting hospice, . . . more
November 01, 2009 03:26 AM EST -- My world is awash with writing this month as I tackle NaNoWriMo .  Hence I offer the abecedarian poetic form for both its simplicity as well as brevity.  Since I read all of the featured . . . more
March 07, 2009 04:54 AM EST --   One of these mornings, she won't wake up Sometime at night, as stars are shining The half-moon high, the last drop from her cup  Will slide off her lip, defining If only for a . . . more
May 11, 2009 02:48 PM EDT --   Waiting on a Bird  I am waiting for my bird to die My cockatiel so clever I’ll hide my tears, it’s silly to cry   “It’s only a bird, so say good-bye,” Well-meaning . . . more
August 09, 2009 03:11 AM EDT -- One day you picked up a guitar Ran your thumb along the strings Imagined yourself a star With a house, a car, bedecked like kings Ran your thumb along the strings Following notes on the page With . . . more
 
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