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

Love me into speechlessness

Posted on March 27, 2015March 27, 2015 by Laurel Archer

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