Today’s discussion of poetic forms is on Sestina’s! Link for the History of the Sestina The basic form of Sestina: 39 lines (6 stanzas, 6 lines each) with a final stanza of 3 lines unrhymed use of same six end-words in every stanza in a pattern “the first line of the second stanza must pair…
Tag: creative
Hopeless Dreams [poem #252]
“Hopeless dreams clash against the windows…”
Poem #192 (Words Matter)
practice poem
Poem #180 (Rain and Wind)
Rain hits the window a small drumming of fingers tap, tap, tap, tap taptaptaptaptap listening to the wind whisper and chide the trees, the leaves in a chorus yelling in protest. Thank you for reading my work! -Alina
Poem #179 (The Mind)
Papers litter the floor shelves of sheets gathered stapled, clipped, stacked folded and kept in a disorganized order. Words within pages, dripping off the shelves onto the floor. Thank you for reading my work! -Alina