Monday 19 December 2016
New Forms (23): The Alternating Sonnet
Please follow the link here to the Every Sonnet blog (and there are all kinds of other sonnets, too).
Monday 7 November 2016
Monday 12 September 2016
Poetics (3): The Volta
For John Keats and the 'turn', see here on Structure and Surprise. There is even a dolphin in the poem.
I have mentioned the following published lecture before on this blog, but here are the details again as a reminder...
I have mentioned the following published lecture before on this blog, but here are the details again as a reminder...
You Only Guide Me by Surprise: Poetry and the Dolphin's Turn Peter Sacks. The Judith Lee Stronach Memorial Lecture on the Teaching of Poetry, delivered on 7 May 2010 by Peter Sacks.
Saturday 10 September 2016
New Forms (21): Dizain
You can read about this compact 10-line form on Robert Lee Brewer's Writers' Digest page here.
Thursday 4 August 2016
New Forms (20): Cinquerelle
'A Cinquerelle is a five line poem of
descending syllabic value, 15 syllables in all. So two less than a
haiku. The idea is to compress a cosmos into an atom.'
Description of the form from Michael Newman.
CINQUERELLE
Description of the form from Michael Newman.
CINQUERELLE
Waves against boulders;
Breakers unfurl.
White onrush.
Children
Squeal.
© Michael Newman (used with permission)
Breakers unfurl.
White onrush.
Children
Squeal.
© Michael Newman (used with permission)
Saturday 16 April 2016
New Forms (19): Tanka Prose (aka Tanka-Prose)
'... the best strawberries ...' Tim Gardiner in his piece, 'Between Storms' |
We helped to organise an Open Mic evening last night in Ipswich on the theme of 'Treasure'. During the course of the evening, Tim Gardiner introduced me to Tanka-Prose.
I have attempted Haibun (prose with Haiku) in the past, but had not heard of this alternative form. Tim explained a little about Tanka-Prose, which hasTanka rather than Haiku as a key element.
- 'Toward a Theory and Practice of Tanka-Prose' by Charles D. Tarlton, Oakland, California, USA (Haibun Today, Volume 5, Number 4, December 2011)
- Tim Gardiner's Haiku-Prose, 'Between Storms', published in Haibun Today, Volume 10, Number 1, March 2016
- 'The Elements of Tanka Prose' by Jeffrey Woodward
- Tanka Prose resources from Ray's Web (Ray Rasmussen)
Saturday 2 April 2016
Reference Post (2): Outlets for Formal Poetry
Outlets for Formal Poetry
- A selection can be found here on the pages of 'A Selfish Poet' on Trish Hopkinson's site.
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