Six Amens for the Sestina

Posted on April 26, 2015April 28, 2015 by Laurel Archer

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

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Laurel Archer

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

Posted on March 29, 2015March 29, 2015 by Laurel Archer

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

The Community of the Sestina

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Laurel Archer

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

Lenten Sestina Continued

Posted on March 8, 2015March 10, 2015 by Laurel Archer

Bring a balm, a fragrance, to this heart in need of solace and to this body bullied into this unholy pace. Bind up my worries and sorrows.  Pour me love’s healing wine. Let my soul draught deep... Read More