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Be Inspired Writing Challenge, Freshly Posted

“The Be Inspired Weekly” Writing Challenge #19

Greetings! The Be Inspired Weekly Challenge is back! It is in its 19th Week, though the last week was a dull one! The Challenge, unfortunately, did not receive any poem for the Challenge #18 of writing a Cascade. However, I expect many writers- potential and existing, to kindly let me know what changes they would like to see in this Challenge. Like, some inspirational quotes … Continue reading “The Be Inspired Weekly” Writing Challenge #19

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Freshly Posted, Poetic Form of the Week

Poetic Form of the Week – Tanaga

Greetings! The Poetic Form of the Week is Tanaga. This is a Filipino Type of Poetry. The Tanaga is a type of Filipino poem, consisting of four lines with seven syllables each with the same rhyme at the end of each line — that is to say a 7-7-7-7 Syllabic verse, with an AABBrhyme scheme as in this example: In the Tagalog original, using archaic orthography: “Catitibay ca tolos sacaling datnang agos! aco’I momonting lomot … Continue reading Poetic Form of the Week – Tanaga

Unknown's avatarAmreen Godhrawala3 Comments