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| Tune-ups | ||
| Poetry Workshop | 16 | Suggestions and Thoughts edited by Anstey on Nov. 1 |
| Discussion | ||
| Modern & Classic Poetic Discussion | 8 | Anyone Read Crossword Poetry? edited by Sarin on Nov. 1 |
| Advertise | ||
| Pimpin' your Poems | 7 | This poem, like it or hate it, is fascinating edited by Anstey on Nov. 1 |
| Structures, Styles and Sonnetation For detailed discussions of specific poetic forms and workshop advice. | 22 | Specular created by Anstey on Nov. 1 |
| Thread | Poster | Replies | Views | Last post | |
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 | A Question about Poets and Poetry. I'm serious. This really is about poetry. | Anstey | 39 | 407 | commented by Aphasic on Nov. 1 |
| | A serious question: Why is this not a poem? (No, i'm not kidding. I have my own answer, but I want a few thoughts before I state my answer.) | Anstey | 42 | 341 | commented by Sfharper on Nov. 1 |
 | Holy Lord, Mother of Fred! You can not imagine how grateful i am to Alcuin... | Anstey | 3 | 69 | edited by Alcuin of York on Nov. 1 |
| | Making Poetry Popular Traditionally, poetry was always the MOST popular form of literature, so what changed? | Anstey | 41 | 279 | commented by Tequila mockingbird on Nov. 1 |
| | Poetry People - Conversation on Poets Fascinating Conversation brewing on the tails of Melden Fred's poem [article=4520]. | Anstey | 28 | 190 | edited by Deadpoetsmilk on Nov. 1 |
| | Some Day in May Seriously have any of you read Mandi's poetry? [user=Someday In May] She has some absolutely wonderful work. | Anstey | 5 | 101 | edited by Anstey on Nov. 1 |
 | De-Seussifying your Poetry I found this article at http://www.poetrybase.info/gpd/000/1.shtml -- the site there is full of brilliant information but this is the most immediately relevant, I think. | Leanne | 17 | 292 | commented by Rws on June 26 |
| | Poetry that makes you sick. | Sinnaminsun | 40 | 416 | commented by Aphasic on June 10 |
| | Classes | Laurie | 2 | 88 | edited by Laurie on Sep. 10 2007 |
| | Please recommend meow | ShannonV | 54 | 258 | edited by Leanne on Jul. 1 2007 |
| | Poems by Guantanamo detainees Published by the University of Iowa Press | Tracey | 2 | 77 | commented by White_Feather on June 22 2007 |
| | Seduce me An invitation to you who excel at poetic forms. | Tracey | 22 | 124 | commented by Tracey on June 2 2007 |
| | Poetry is... These quotes were part of the Sunday NY Times magazine crossword puzzle on April 22, 2007. It was a tough one, one of the few my husband and I didn't finish. | Tracey | 5 | 97 | commented by Anstey on May 3 2007 |
| | From "The Notebooks of Robert Frost," edited by Robert Faggen, published this past January by Harvard University Press. I found this in the January 2007 issue of Harper's Magazine. | Tracey | 4 | 95 | edited by Tracey on Apr. 19 2007 |
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| Thread | Poster | Replies | Views | Last post | |
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 | Meter for dummies? | Someday In May | 31 | 323 | commented by Colleen on Sep. 21 |
| | Specular This form was invented by poet Julia Copus and, as the name implies, revolves around a reflective quality. | Anstey | 0 | 87 | created by Anstey on Nov. 1 |
| | Triolet | Laurie | 4 | 93 | edited by Deadpoetsmilk on Nov. 1 |
| | Suggestions | Leanne | 17 | 151 | commented by Colleen on Sep. 19 |
| | Tetractys - a poetry form invented in 1999 by one of the Harlow Poets If you liked playing with Rictameter and the Fib then you may well like Tetractys too. In Structures, Styles and Sonnetation | Form | Harlow poets | Stebbing | Pags | 4 | 137 | edited by Pags, IFPN on May 17 |
| | Madrigal (English or Chaucerian) | Leanne | 5 | 113 | commented by Jen on Mar. 29 |
| | Sapphic Ode | Leanne | 9 | 235 | edited by Aphasic on Mar. 14 |
| | Blues Stanza | Ryan Wilbur | 0 | 98 | created by Ryan Wilbur on Feb. 11 |
| | Glose | Ryan Wilbur | 3 | 107 | commented by Pags on Jan. 29 |
| | Descort | Ryan Wilbur | 1 | 81 | commented by Anstey on Jan. 29 |
| | Pregunta | Ryan Wilbur | 2 | 103 | commented by Tracey on Jan. 29 |
| | Ballade | Leanne | 5 | 130 | commented by Leanne on Jan. 15 |
| | Rictameter - Form A new, 20th century form sparked by 'The dead poets society' In Structures, Styles and Sonnetation | Form | Rictameter | Syllabic verse | Pags | 8 | 127 | commented by Rene' on Jan. 9 |
| | Abcedarian Since it starts with A | Leanne | 11 | 127 | commented by Rene on Nov. 13 2007 |
| | Terza Rima Another interlocking rhyme for the masochists. | Leanne | 3 | 117 | edited by Leanne on Jul. 11 2007 |
| | Connachlonn Since Tracey likes 'em | Leanne | 3 | 109 | edited by Julie on Jul. 3 2007 |
| | Rispetto I'm looking for information on this Italian Form. | Deadpoetsmilk | 3 | 80 | edited by Leanne on June 25 2007 |
| | Rondeau | Leanne | 10 | 163 | edited by Deadpoetsmilk on June 23 2007 |
| | Villanelle I am trying out a Villanelle | Laurie | 9 | 142 | edited by Leanne on June 16 2007 |
| | Clogyrnach | Leanne | 5 | 99 | edited by Leanne on June 6 2007 |
| | Acrostic | Leanne | 7 | 122 | edited by Laurie on June 3 2007 |
| | Aes Freislighe | Leanne | 3 | 106 | edited by Tracey on June 3 2007 |
