Posted by Brad Osborne on December 3, 2021 · 8 Comments
Here is, Triversen, a fun poetic form developed by William Carlos Williams (one of the principal poets in the Imagist movement).
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 26, 2021 · 8 Comments
While reading “The Best American Poetry 2007”, I came across this very different form of poetry referred to as an Anagram poem. I was intrigued by it but have avoided it, as any thought about writing in this form made me shiver with dread at the work that may be involved.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 19, 2021 · 14 Comments
Though similar in function, the elegy is distinct from the epitaph, ode, and eulogy: the epitaph is very brief; the ode solely exalts; and the eulogy is most often written in formal prose.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 12, 2021 · 22 Comments
“The biolet was invented by the Brazilian poet Filinto de Almeida and first appeared in print in his book Lyrica in 1887. It is a six line poem, and like the triolet, the first two lines are repeated as the last two lines, however in reverse.”
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 5, 2021 · 17 Comments
Chanso poems are adaptable to the needs of the poet.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 29, 2021 · 16 Comments
Some forms have a long, exotic history. Others just seem to spring out of nowhere.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 22, 2021 · 20 Comments
Diminishing verse offers no origin and very few rules…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 15, 2021 · 12 Comments
What do you get when you mix two super popular Italian poetic forms, specifically the terza rima and villanelle?
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 8, 2021 · 13 Comments
Gogyohka was a form developed by Enta Kusakabe in Japan and translates literally to “five-line poem.”
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 1, 2021 · 9 Comments
I love Welsh forms, because they tend to rhyme and this form includes the challenge of internal rhymes.
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