Category: Poetry
Window – Cinquain 1
Experimenting this New Year with the poetry form Cinquain — a five line poem with specific syllable counts in each line: 2, 4, 6, 8 (who do we appreciate) and 2 again. I’m using photos f... Read More
First Fruits
One of the perks of a premature and overly hot summer is the early ripening of summer berries. Usually a mid to late August treat, I have been enjoying them this year in mid July. Maybe because th... Read More
Six Amens for the Sestina
Amen and Amen and Amen… A triolet completes the Sestina like an Amen completes a prayer. This is doubly appropriate since our particular Lenten Sestina writing project was written as a prayer.... Read More
Holy Week Sestina
Easter is mystery — that from death, comes life. Community is mystery — that from the sometimes sketchy attempts at togetherness, comes love, care and belonging. Poetry is mystery too ... Read More
Sestina Settings
Read it back to me It’s a common practice to go back and reread what you’ve written. It helps the writer to see whether the piece is hanging together and whether it flows. For me readi... Read More
Love me into speechlessness
Playing with the Sestina The group sestina project has been intriguing, for the reasons I’ve written about, but the Sestina form itself in also intriguing. At first it was frustrating, because... Read More
The Community of the Sestina
Week Four Stanza What does it mean to pray in community? Does one voice praying as priest best unify the desires of the hearts gathered? Or, is it better for all gathered to pray a written prayer ... Read More
The Sestina at Mid-point
The third whole week of Lent is over, and so the third stanza of the Sestina is complete as well. Writing a poem by yourself is an activity of self indulgence. I can get a little lost, thick in words ... Read More