[stylist] A new conversation about the sestina

[Eve Sanchez]

Could be a good converstaion. I also need to understand form and rulles of
said for before making attempts. I mainly just write what come out of me
and then have no idea what to call my works. Sometimes I am not even sure
if they are considered poetry or stories. Would love to hear more on
subject from inspired writers in the know. Note that I say 'inspired'
writers. :) Eve

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Jacqueline Williams
<jackieleepoet at cox.net>wrote:

> Lynda,
> This sestina about William Carlos Williams has lines, I believe from 8 or 9
> syllables all the way to 16. Does this fit the guideline that it must be
> consistent? Nit-picking, perhaps, but I seem to need the guidelines firmly
> followed before I can commit to branch into my own off-shoot format.
> Perhaps
> we are talking about new formalists. Are you one?
> Whatever it is, it is a wonderful poem. My teacher tells us to write what
> you want, but never label it as a particular form unless you are following
> the traditional form.
> Would love a discussion about this.
> Jackie
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:44 AM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: [stylist] revising, form, and copyright
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> Have spent most of the day working on two poems that were published in
> 2000.
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> A poem is never really fininshed, really.
> Since we were talking about Sestina's I went back to two of them today,
> after a 12 year absence from them.
>
> One is a true sestina, the other is a sestina-influenced poem.  I will
> attach the sestina here.
>
> William Carlos Williams has been my hero since undergraduate school and I
> did major work on him in grad school. He is the inspiration behind this
> sestina, and I think it is very humorous that I would write a Sestina as
> the
> venicle of the poem as he would not at all have embraced that thought. Not
> for a moment!
>
> another tip:  when you revise the poem that was published previously, be
> sure to note that in your copyright line. In this case, 2000 and 2012 for
> this poem.
>
>
> Lynda
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