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Short Form Poetry: In Your Name
From the short form poetry workshop last night. It is a form called anaphora. These are the notes from the first notecard explaining the concept: “Anaphora is a poetic technique. From the Free Dictionary The first definition for anaphora is … Continue reading
Short Form Poetry Workshop: Arkquain String -Sunshine Arkquain
Tonight’s Short Form Poetry Workshop exposed us to the Arkquain String form. So, what exactly is that and how does it work, right? It was invented by Madison Shaw, aka Arkbear on Allpoetry. 12 lines with ( 1 ) break … Continue reading
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Tagged Arkquain String, Blues, Blues Scale, Calling, Cream, Disreali Gears, Guitar, Jack Bruce, Key of D, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Progression, Retrogression, Rock, Short Form, Soul, Star, Sunshine of Your Love, Wail, Waiting, Workshop
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Seven Turns of Seven
From a friend’s 7 x 7 form given out at a short form poetry class: Seven Turns of Seven by Michael Romani In seven turns of seven We found our way to heaven Stumbling there almost blind Seven steps inside … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind, Grace, Heaven, Mind, Photograph, Poetry, Puzzled, Seven, Short Form
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Short Form Poetry Workshop – Halloween Theme Genre – Dead Poets
So… I’ll just confess right here that I took a theme a little far. We were to pick a dead poet and write in his or her style either in response and incorporate the poet’s style or to completely pick … Continue reading
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Tagged Chucky, Dead Poets, Edgar Allan Poe, Freddie Kruger, Fright, Ghastly, Ghoul, Halloween, Horror Movies, Michael Meyers, Photographs, Poetry, Short Form, Shriek, The Bells
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Spring Thing Fling
From the Short Form Poetry Workshop on Weather Genre Poetry Spring Thing Fling by Michael Romani Waking from the cold winter’s snow It’s time for me to get into my flow Blooming flowers across my stage Painting the future across … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Bloom, Joy, Photographs, Poetry, Short Form, Spring, Urge, Weather
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Autumn Eases In
This past Tuesday’s Short Form Poetry Workshop was devoted to a special genre of weather orientated poetry. The first of two that I wrote that night is Autumn Eases In. I think I wrote it as much in avoidance of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, Chill, Color, Photograph, Poetry, Short Form, Weather
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Sandhill Crane Sentimentality
Sandhill Crane Sentimentality by Michael Romani It’s coming to be that time again The night air grows cooler and thin As leaves of Autumn change again I find my memories rolling in Each fall it had become a tradition Each … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, Destination, Ekphrastic Poetry, Family, Flight, Journey, Memories, Poetry, Routines, Sandhill Cranes, Sentimentality, Short Form
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Short Form Poetry Workshop –
How do you write Ekphrastic Poetry • Ekphrastic poetry can be done with any existing work of art, from painting to sculpture, to architecture to comic books to a fast-food joint napkin logo, to television and motion pictures. • Any … Continue reading
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Tagged Bronze, Ekphrastic, Jazz Trio, Poem, Poetry, Short Form
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