Tonight at the short form poetry workshop, we learned about a form called The Wave Waltz. After a life time of surfing, of course wave dancing came to mind. So, what are the rules? Accepting the format as presented in the class:”
“What is the Waltz Wave
• The Waltz Wave consists of one 19-line stanza, divided into 38 syllables.
• Each line has a specific number of syllables as follows:
1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1.
• resembles a wave on its side
• acceptable to break words into separate syllables to make them fit into the lines. For instance the phrase: “Take your pillow” could be used on the first three lines of a Waltz Wave as: “Take/your pil-/low.”
• An invented form by Margaret Carlisle, the managing editor of Sol Magazine, for Leo Waltz, the Web Manager of Sol.
• Each line has a specific number of syllables as follows:
1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1.
• resembles a wave on its side
• acceptable to break words into separate syllables to make them fit into the lines. For instance the phrase: “Take your pillow” could be used on the first three lines of a Waltz Wave as: “Take/your pil-/low.”
• An invented form by Margaret Carlisle, the managing editor of Sol Magazine, for Leo Waltz, the Web Manager of Sol.
How do you write a Waltz Wave
• 19 lines – 38 syllables
• Can use enjambment between lines (split a word by syllable)”
• 19 lines – 38 syllables
• Can use enjambment between lines (split a word by syllable)”
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The Wave Waltz
by Michael Romani
by Michael Romani
1 Ride
2 The wave
1 Pride
2 We save
3 A slow dance
2 Shore chance
1 A
2 Romance
3 The Wave Waltz
4 Sipping cold malts
3 Afterward
2 It stirred
1 The
2 Magic
3 Inside us
2 Kill buzz
1 So
2 Slowly
1 Danced
2 The wave
1 Pride
2 We save
3 A slow dance
2 Shore chance
1 A
2 Romance
3 The Wave Waltz
4 Sipping cold malts
3 Afterward
2 It stirred
1 The
2 Magic
3 Inside us
2 Kill buzz
1 So
2 Slowly
1 Danced
(c) April 18, 2017 Michael Romani
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