tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post962556460010177848..comments2024-02-17T08:14:14.308-06:00Comments on imaginary garden with real toads: Thoughts on FormsSherry Blue Skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-44746378535146967792011-08-18T07:19:20.201-05:002011-08-18T07:19:20.201-05:00I see forms like suduko for writers lol way to spe...I see forms like suduko for writers lol way to spend time, if a little restrictive, though some I have liked when disregarding strict rules, of those I've tried, I don't think I've done twice, as for me, I've done the "challenge" and bored of it now ha - I will try more soon perhaps, and I do like Bishop! I'm sure I could ruin a form for this hahaOstensible Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08775793995809226782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-64742131005946027582011-08-15T17:24:49.918-05:002011-08-15T17:24:49.918-05:00I've written several sonnets, but mostly of th...I've written several sonnets, but mostly of the Shakespeare form I think. The one above is "Spock's Sonnet".Philip Thrifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021615111948806998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-32666472152970818392011-08-15T12:12:08.741-05:002011-08-15T12:12:08.741-05:00oh dammit, i did not mean to post that second link...oh dammit, i did not mean to post that second link there. sheesh! such problems with technology!Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-3092975761370271652011-08-14T13:48:45.861-05:002011-08-14T13:48:45.861-05:00My first sonnet (of quite a few) was unconventiona...My first sonnet (of quite a few) was unconventional, which is why I have posted it, in the spirit of the challenge. There are some gorgeous 14-line poems, some of them traditional, some not, in the magazine http://www.fourteenmagazine.com/vivinfrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388722600118753457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-22535015751019412382011-08-14T10:25:38.330-05:002011-08-14T10:25:38.330-05:00kerry! yes! i couldn't agree with you more.
no...kerry! yes! i couldn't agree with you more.<br />not much of a rule follower myself, i am drawn to form poetry because for me, it allows me to stretch and push and pull and grown in wonderful ways. <br />but, i am always making shit up and bending rules. hee!<br />i didn't even recognize that Bishop poem as a villanelle, i just recognized it as very beautiful and her own, as you said.<br />i've posted here a sonnet i wrote a few weeks back, the first challenge grace gave me. my first and only sonnet. but stay tuned!Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027954226798117530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-69633641575441609642011-08-14T09:32:45.328-05:002011-08-14T09:32:45.328-05:00I have posted an experimental sonnet I wrote last ...I have posted an experimental sonnet I wrote last year, after reading many of Neruda's Love Sonnets.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.com