Posted by Brad Osborne on September 26, 2022 · 11 Comments
How is distance measured,
When like the moon,
Thoughts of you break upon my shore…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 23, 2022 · 3 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 September 16, 2022 · 13 Comments
The rhupunt has some variability to it, but also some rigid rules as well.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 9, 2022 · 8 Comments
This is a simple, quick, and fun exercise of word association in poetic form. Give it a try and release your inner poet!
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 2, 2022 · 13 Comments
The haibun is the combination of two poems: a prose poem and haiku.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 26, 2022 · 12 Comments
With an Italian origin, the earliest known use of the ottava rima poetry form dates back to the fourteenth century, when the form was introduced into the Italian literary scene by poet Giovanni Boccaccio.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 19, 2022 · 11 Comments
Some of these forms are older than others, and the strambotto traces back to the 13th century. This Italian form known as ottava siciliana (Sicilian octave) or strambotto popolare was the preferred form in Southern Italy…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 12, 2022 · 14 Comments
So, now that we have learned that sonnets are a 14-line poetic form, let’s look at the only variation I have found that breaks the mold.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 29, 2022 · 7 Comments
The Trenta-Sei form was created by the poet John Ciardi. It’s a 36-line poem (the word “Trenta-Sei” is Italian for 36) that has a rhyme pattern and refrains.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 22, 2022 · 10 Comments
The Landay is a variable length form based off a couplet, which means the poem could be as concise as two lines or run on for several pages. The form most likely originated with nomads in the area of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.
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