In last month’s blog, I covered a range of definitions of where sonnets gather together in ones, twos and larger herds. Now let’s look at coherence between them. FAMILIAL TIES As with any creation in any medium there is a balance to be found within sequences between variety and coherence. Variety may be engendered through: … Continue reading Sonnet Sequences – Part Two
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Writer or Poet?
I note that my website currently declares me as a writer of sonnets, and that whilst this was an early admission that perhaps I could not yet justify calling myself “a poet”, there was some deft logic behind it. This blog series is about sonnets. Many of the poems I write are guided by this … Continue reading Writer or Poet?
Decima – The Little Sonnet
For those who find poetic forms a source of inspiration, there is one that has been called the “little sonnet” that bears scrutiny in this series on sonnets. Even though it does not have some key characteristics of the sonnet form, namely fourteen-lines in length or a twofold nature separated by a turn or volta. … Continue reading Decima – The Little Sonnet
Sculpting Breath – Punctuation in Poetry
Have you heard of the Antikythera mechanism? It is an archaeological find of a clockwork device originating from Antiquity [1]. Pictures of it show a compact mechanism of cogs and gears. Sometimes, I think, a sonnet may be such a concise mechanism too, with every word playing a part. When writing a sonnet, which may … Continue reading Sculpting Breath – Punctuation in Poetry
Agile Writing – The Heuristic Approach to Writing
In my previous blog about the writing process, we looked at ‘word droughts’ of the blank page, or scrabbling for worthwhile words, phrases and ideas in the desert of Writers Block. If that helped, what next? Are you waiting for some exact recipe for the next stage? A procedure? A step-by-step assembly manual? When I … Continue reading Agile Writing – The Heuristic Approach to Writing
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