Monthly Archives: July 2017

Sunday, 4 a.m. drafts

Posted on July 31, 2017 by marchsparrows

Sunday, 4 a.m. An endless and flooded dreamland, lying low, cross- and wheel-studded like a tick-tack-toe. At the right, ancillary, “Mary” ‘s close and blue. Which Mary? Aunt Mary? Tall Mary Stearns I knew? The old kitchen knife box, full … Continue reading →

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Three Weeks Until Choir Practice

Posted on July 30, 2017 by marchsparrows

I heard once in a sermon that people are like buildings. They have walls and windows and doors. Most people know where their walls are and where the windows and doors fit in, but I no longer have any sense … Continue reading →

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Sestina, by Elizabeth Bishop

Posted on July 29, 2017 by marchsparrows

                                Sestina, by Elizabeth Bishop September rain falls on the house. 1 In the failing light, the old grandmother 2 sits in the kitchen with the … Continue reading →

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Limerick, A Form Based In Comedy

Posted on July 28, 2017 by marchsparrows

The poem form is five lines long with an alternating rhyme scheme. Below are examples from Mother Goose:

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Haiku, Three Lines Of Color

Posted on July 28, 2017 by marchsparrows

A haiku poem consists of three lines, with the first and last lines having 5 syllables, and the middle line having 7 syllables.

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Ballad, A Songlike Poem

Posted on July 27, 2017 by marchsparrows

A Ballad is a light simple, romantic song having two stanzas sung to the same melody. These include love ballads, sea ballads, humorous, historical, moral or mythical ballads.

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Poetry Form

Posted on July 26, 2017 by marchsparrows

      I plan on presenting each of these forms in a post each day:     Verse Forms Ballad Haiku Limerick Sestina Sonnet Villanelle Pantoum Ghazal Stanza Forms Couplet Ottava Rima Terza Rima Rhymed Stanza Mixed Tercet Quatrain … Continue reading →

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One Art

Posted on July 23, 2017 by marchsparrows

One Art, by Elizabeth Bishop is considered one of the best villanelles in existence. Sixteen drafts of this poem exist. This first draft of One Art interests me because we can hear the woman in this, not just the poet. … Continue reading →

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Sense and Sensibility

Posted on July 22, 2017 by marchsparrows

“Run mad as often as you choose, but do not faint.” Jane Austen I’ve been thinking about women heroes lately, after seeing my friend and her daughter last week on their way to see Wonder Woman. I see the Wonder … Continue reading →

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The Victorian Dollhouse

Posted on July 21, 2017 by marchsparrows

When I was a child, my mother gave me a miniature dollhouse about three-feet high, with miniature furniture and people. I would lie on the floor and look through the windows, imagining I was small enough to fit in the … Continue reading →

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