Dear Friends, Fellow Bloggers & Readers! Monday’s Poetry Form is back! This week, the poetry form is “Cascade”. It is a derived poetry form developed by Mr. Udit Bhatia. Cascade, a form created by Udit Bhatia, is all about receptiveness, but in a smooth cascading way like a waterfall. The poem does not have any rhyme scheme; therefore, the layout is simple. Say the first verse … Continue reading Poetic Form of the Week – Cascade
Dear All, Wishing everyone a wonderful day today! 🙂 Monday’s Forms are back! This week, I introduce you all to “Parallelogram de Crystalline“ which is a derived Poetry form by Karan Naidu. Parallelogram de Crystalline is a poetry form created by Karan Naidu. This form consists of 4 verses of 3 lines each. The syllable count for each stanza is 3, 6, 9. In this style of … Continue reading Poetic Form of the Week – Parallelogram de Crystalline
Dear All, This week’s revolutionary poet is Louise Glück. Have fun reading 🙂 In 1943, Louise Glück was born in New York City and grew up on Long Island. She is the author of numerous books of poetry, most recently, Poems 1962-2012 (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2012); A Village Life: Poems (2009); Averno (2006), a finalist for the 2006 National Book Award in Poetry; The Seven Ages (2001); and Vita Nova (1999), winner of Boston Book Review’s Bingham … Continue reading Revolutionary Poet of the Week – Louise Glück
Readers, friends & fellow bloggers! Wishing you all a wonderful week ahead 🙂 Well, this week, the poetic form is an Etheree. This is a rather simple form of poetry & a delight to write. Read the following paragraphs to know how is an Etheree written. The poetry form, Etheree, consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables. Etheree can also be … Continue reading Poetic Form of the Week – Etheree
Hi all, This week’s revolutionary poet is Yusef Komunyakaa! In 1947, Yusef Komunyakaa was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana, where he was raised during the beginning of the Civil Rights movement. He served in the United States Army from 1969 to 1970 as a correspondent, and as managing editor of the Southern Cross during the Vietnam war, earning him a Bronze Star. He began writing poetry … Continue reading Revolutionary Poet of the Week – Yusef Komunyakaa
Readers, friends & fellow bloggers! This week’s Poetic form is “Ode”. “Ode” comes from the Greek aeidein, meaning to sing or chant, and belongs to the long and varied tradition of lyric poetry. Originally accompanied by music and dance, and later reserved by the Romantic poets to convey their strongest sentiments, the ode can be generalized as a formal address to an event, a person, or … Continue reading Poetic Form of the Week – Ode
Welcome All! It’s Wednesday & time for the Revolutionary Poet of the Week! This week’s Poet is T. S. Eliot & let me share with all of you, his story & how poetry & literature came to his life. Happy Reading! Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in Missouri on September 26, 1888. He lived in St. Louis during the first eighteen years of his life … Continue reading Revolutionary Poet of the Week – T. S. Eliot
Readers, friends & fellow bloggers! Wishing you all a wonderful & blessed week ahead! Well, its time for Monday poetic forms & this week’s poetic form is “Epigram” This poetic form is a bit rhymer types and is fun to write! I hope you all will like reading through this post. Happy Reading! An epigram is a short, pithy saying, usually in verse, often with … Continue reading Poetic Form of the Week – Epigram
Dear Friends, Bloggers & Readers! Wishing you all a beautiful Monday and a great week ahead! Well, its Monday again and its the Poetic Form day. This week’s poetic form is “Found Poem”. Have a great read! Found poems take existing texts and refashion them, reorder them, and present them as poems. The literary equivalent of a collage, found poetry is often made from newspaper … Continue reading Poetic Form of the Week – Found Poem
Friends, Fellow bloggers & Readers! This week’s revolutionary poet is Naomi Shihab Nye, who is a great writer, born in Palestinian land. This week, I share information on her- her childhood and what great works she wrote when she encountered Writing in her life. Naomi Shihab Nye was born on March 12, 1952, in St. Louis, Missouri, to a Palestinian father and an American mother. … Continue reading Revolutionary Poet of the Week – Naomi Shihab Nye
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