Originally posted on words less spoken:
tempest in your name wild love ripples through my soul tease me rowdy wind
for a wild Irish boy
Day: July 15, 2019
BrewNSpew Cafe – July 15, 2019
August still yonder dog days of summer torrid asphyxiating July Folklore Ne’er trust a July sky. If ant hills are high in July, the coming winter will be hard. Whatever July and August do not boil, September can not fry. Presenting this week’s prompt/challenge. You may use the word and/or the image for your creation. Word of the week –…
LANDAY … A Poet’s Legacy
Originally posted on Roland's Ragbag:
The Landay is a traditional Afghan poetic form consisting of a single couplet. There are nine syllables in the first line, and thirteen syllables in the second. These short poems typically address themes of love, grief, contemplation, homeland, war, and separation. Wikipedia The couplet may rhyme, although this is not a requirement. Photo by…
Invented Poetry Forms – The Octameter
Originally posted on Paul's Poetry Playground:
I wish to thank Linda J. Wolfe for introducing me to the octameter poetry form which she posted as a writing prompt on her online Wolff Poetry Literary Magazine. The octameter, originally invented by Shelley A. Cephas, is a 16 line poem consisting of two stanzas of eight…
