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 Sestina at Mid-point

Posted on March 15, 2015March 18, 2015 by Laurel Archer

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