[stylist] Jackie, about the form used for my poem Interpretations
KajunCutie926 at aol.com
KajunCutie926 at aol.com
Tue May 29 19:42:37 UTC 2012
Jackie,
Thank you so much! I also do the 'cascading quatrains'. It is like the
tumbling tercets in that you allow the last line of the stanza to flow into
the first line of next stanza. It can be rhymed or unrhymed, metered or
not metered. I like it because it allows me to write in a free verse style
but still have that little bit of structure. I love the experimentation
of writing. When asked to describe my writing philosophy some are often a
bit taken aback by my simple approach. I compare writing to a child with his
hands in Play Doh. You can hold the words in your hands and mold them and
sculpt them. You can take it apart and start over. You can put it away
to finish later. And when done it may not be the most beautiful of piece of
artwork ever creative but it is your artwork, your creation, your
interpretation of the words and isn't it grand that you could participate in the
birthing of it. You may keep it or not. The choice is always yours. The
words will always understand because they give themselves freely to you and
make no demands on their use.
Thank you again, Jackie.
Myrna
In a message dated 5/29/2012 2:26:09 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
jackieleepoet at cox.net writes:
Myrna,
I just love your phrase, Tumbling Tercets.
You are a very inventive poet, and you may well be one of those "New
Formalists.:"
I have a sister who has gone through most of the poetic forms listed in the
book, "Awakening the Poet Within" by Anne Gassar, and then she developed
her
own off-shoots. I try some of that, but I do not feel comfortable unless I
know the traditional form automatically. Somehow, I feel a form poem easier
to deal with as a blind person. The structure of something is definable by
a
"white cane" . It takes tremendous concentration to keep the format in
mind,
but I take it as a drill to keep the mind agile and working in precision
mode.
I love discussions of different forms and then trying them.
I admire your creativity and talent.
Jackie
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