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Septolet! It's one of my favourite poetic forms, for both its brevity and the creativity it encourages. Basically, it's 2 stanzas, 7 lines, and 14 words. Here are some examples:
Distance
He
quietly whispers:
'Stop walking,please.'
She
persists,
but mutely wishes
he'd give chase.
Stretchmarks
Fragments
glued still
have cracks
on display.
There's no fixing
memories
of being broken.
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(09-27-2014, 01:09 AM)brandontoh Wrote: Septolet! It's one of my favourite poetic forms, for both its brevity and the creativity it encourages. Basically, it's 2 stanzas, 7 lines, and 14 words. Here are some examples:
Distance
He
quietly whispers:
'Stop walking,please.'
She
persists,
but mutely wishes
he's give chase.
Stretchmarks
Fragments
glued still
have cracks
on display.
There's no fixing
memories
of being broken.
yes, it is. i find form poetry restrictive. but it helps develop a kind of discipline in your writing. i have one in my old blog. i am going to pull it out and post it here.
the last lines of both are not working for me.
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poetry forms
syllables meter rhyme
counting counting
what's left
has lost
my own energy
(not a comment on your fun thread, just my own dilemma.
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