Pleasures of poetic forms
The Villanelle: One Art --the model for me.
I find Villanelles to be particularly difficult! Hats off ot Elizabeth Bishop:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47536/one-art
"Form" is so good! It can cause a day of "block" to take a hike...! It gives us somewhere to begin, and maybe even somewhere to go --
This is so true - having some kind of structure to hang our thoughts on is so helpful!
The Villanelle: One Art --the model for me.
I find Villanelles to be particularly difficult! Hats off ot Elizabeth Bishop:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47536/one-art
"Form" is so good! It can cause a day of "block" to take a hike...! It gives us somewhere to begin, and maybe even somewhere to go --
This is so true - having some kind of structure to hang our thoughts on is so helpful!