Zennor Mermaid |
Sevenlings are short
and fun to write.
Background to the Sevenling form can be found here.
Roddy Lumsden invented the Sevenling about ten years ago, drawing on translations of a short verse by Anna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966).
Compose a Sevenling poem! Instructions can be found here.
My published example: 'Sevenling (Zennor Fish Tale)' in The Mermaid's Mother & Sycorax (Wendy Webb Books, 2020). [13/2010]