I’ve invented a new form! At least, I’ve come up with a set of writing constraints that amused me, and look vaguely form-ish. For reasons that will (hopefully?) become apparent, I’ve called it the decima. As far as I can find, it isn’t already a word for anything else, and sounds vaguely right. It came out …
Well I think this just about sums it up:
Sigh …
NaPoWriMo Quarantine Edition – Exercise 30
You’ve made it – all the way through April. Whether you’ve managed to write a poem every day this month, or tried to, or just thought about it, well done. Today, you will be writing a cento – a poem made up entirely of lines borrowed from other poems. And not just any cento – to …
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NaPoWriMo Quarantine Edition – Exercise 29
Today’s exercise is in response to a fascinating poet who was born on this day in 1863, and died on this day exactly seventy years later, in 1933 – the Greek poet, Constantine Cavafy. The poem I know best of his is one that feels worryingly appropriate in the nouveau-apocalyptic world we currently find ourselves …
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NaPoWriMo Quarantine Edition – Exercise 28
Welcome to day 28 – Proper Sonnet Day! For today, I want you to write a sonnet about realising that you were in love. It doesn’t have to be romantic love – a child? A favourite teacher? Your most beloved favour of icecream? Whatever. The crucial thing is that your poem should start with you …
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