
Whirling Still
A winter estrangement. Contraction, expansion and opening, drafts from the darkness too close.
A winter estrangement. Contraction, expansion and opening, drafts from the darkness too close.
An experiment with a hybrid form of sestina I’m calling a “Fingertrap.” More iterations of this form may follow!
The quinzaine is a short poem of three lines (7, 5, and 3 syllables). The first line is a statement which is then followed by two questions.
The Awdl Gywydd (owdl gów-wid) is an old Welsh form, where the 7-syllable-line quatrains lean on harmony of sound even over sensibility.
The rispetto is an old Italian octave made of two stanzas, usually in iambic tetrameter.
The name means “respect,” often in terms to a loved one (or perhaps idea).
Janaku poetry, created by Filipino poet Eileen Tabios, is a haiku-like form written in unrhymed one-word, two-word, then three-word lines.
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