To be, or: Benumbed

Poetry Partners #181 'Dead poetry', a 'Haiku Sonnet' by Melissa Lemay of 'Mom with a Blog' Poetry is dead? I hadn’t heard. Neither had you. Your words-terse. You’ve no imagina- tion-evidenced from such a statement. Please be kind to poetry. It lives. At your fingertips. Sad- ly you use them to tap-tap-tap a screen made… Continue reading To be, or: Benumbed

Syllabically, or: Authentically

Poetry Partners #178 An 'Acrostic Poem' by Melissa Lemay of 'Mom with a Blog' Perusing poetry About various prompts Reading and rereading Tankas, tercets, terza rima Night owls writing Eluding emotions Rendered inconsequential Syllabically Mom with a Blog: https://melissalemay.wordpress.com/ An 'Acrostic Poem' by ben Alexander of ‘The Skeptic’s Kaddish’ Everywhere, pulsating feelings Motion, vying for… Continue reading Syllabically, or: Authentically

Within the lines, or: Outside the box

An American sentence: Jigsaw puzzles and painting by numbers allow artistry no room. What's an 'American Sentence'? Allen Ginsberg, inventor of the American Sentence, felt that the haiku didn’t work as well in English. Ginsberg decided to remove the line structure of the haiku, maintaining the requirement of 17 syllables total. He felt that removing… Continue reading Within the lines, or: Outside the box

The Ottava Rima, or: Form verses creativity

Sangeetha & David's new poetry project Once upon a time, two poets who'd never met in person spontaneously began writing verses back and forth to one another over the Internet. Their first poetry project took them some nine months: a 100 verse Hyakuin. Once they'd completed their oeuvre, the two decided to continue their creative… Continue reading The Ottava Rima, or: Form verses creativity

The Nocturna, or: Form verses creativity

Sangeetha & David's new poetry project Once upon a time, two poets who'd never met in person spontaneously began writing verses back and forth to one another over the Internet. Their first poetry project took them some nine months: a 100 verse Hyakuin. Once they'd completed their oeuvre, the two decided to continue their creative… Continue reading The Nocturna, or: Form verses creativity

The Marianne, or: Form verses creativity

Sangeetha & David's new poetry project Once upon a time, two poets who'd never met in person spontaneously began writing verses back and forth to one another over the Internet. Their first poetry project took them some nine months: a 100 verse Hyakuin. Once they'd completed their oeuvre, the two decided to continue their creative… Continue reading The Marianne, or: Form verses creativity

The Limerick, or: Form verses creativity

Sangeetha & David's new poetry project Once upon a time, two poets who'd never met in person spontaneously began writing verses back and forth to one another over the Internet. Their first poetry project took them some nine months: a 100 verse Hyakuin. Once they'd completed their oeuvre, the two decided to continue their creative… Continue reading The Limerick, or: Form verses creativity

The Kimo, or: Form verses creativity

Sangeetha & David's new poetry project Once upon a time, two poets who'd never met in person spontaneously began writing verses back and forth to one another over the Internet. Their first poetry project took them some nine months: a 100 verse Hyakuin. Once they'd completed their oeuvre, the two decided to continue their creative… Continue reading The Kimo, or: Form verses creativity