A villanelle I like villanelles. They rhyme, and I have a structure to follow. They are like word puzzles, and puzzles are my thing. Here's one I wrote from a challenge in Writers' Forum to compose a villanelle on the theme of learning about poetry. Diagnosing Lame Lyrics The words connect, but do they flow … Continue reading Lame Lyrics
Tag: poetry
Stand and Deliver
I tried free verse, but it rhymed anyway. So I had another go… Posting both, if I may. At the risk of boring readers, the compositions below are, essentially, the same content in different forms. I asked our writing group which they preferred before posting both versions for the 12 poems in 12 months challenge … Continue reading Stand and Deliver
Tigger’s Other Song
One of last year's prompts for our monthly poem on 12 Poems in 12 months was for a poem that rhymed. Judging by the comments that accompanied this prompt it seems a lot of poets found it more of a challenge than usual. But when I was at school (back in the Dark Ages) all … Continue reading Tigger’s Other Song
Another Poetry Challenge
practicing poetry with a regular writing challenge
12 Poems
(I'm attempting to produce this blog post using the new editor. I'll let you know how it goes – ie: whether I give up and revert to the old one, as I did last time.) 12 poems in a year I've joined a challenge to write twelve poems in twelve months on https://12shortstories.com/poetry/ This is … Continue reading 12 Poems
Writing Wrinkles, and Random Ramblings 