Themed Week: Unusual Poetry Formats

[jjhunter]

This upcoming week we'll be taking a break from our usual one Poetry Host per week format in favor of a multi-Hosted themed week. For those who are newer to POETREE, a multi-Hosted week features multiple Poetry Hosts, one per day, who post according to an overarching theme for that particular week. Our most recent one was back in January: Poetry Complements. If you're interested in Hosting here at POETREE but don't have time to do a full week, I strongly urge to sign up for a single day slot for this week. (If that doesn't apply to you but you want to Host anyway, more power to you! We'd still love to have you Host.)

Our theme this time around is 'unusual poetry formats'. For the sake of this context, 'unusual' is any format that is not commonly found in contemporary English poetry. As such, haiku would not qualify as unusual, but haikai would; sonnets would be a borderline case, while sestinas would easily be in the clear. Since lnhammer has done such a wonderful job of covering them this week, please consider tankas already taken; likewise, we've covered haikai here at POETREE in the past.

If you would like to Host a day and a particular format, please leave a comment on this post detailing which format and what days work for you. Formats & dates are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. When it comes time to post, please provide a brief overview of your chosen format and its historical context, and give an example or two of poems written in that format; poems may be yours or others' or some mix thereof. Anything else you would like to include that you consider relevant is delicious gravy.



ysabetwordsmith
- Poem: "Fair Maiden Meets Fierce Villain" [example of format]
- Format: Terza Rima

jjhunter
- Format: Villanelle (Pt. 1 of 2)
- Format: Villanelle (Pt. 2 of 2)

bookblather
- Format: Sestina

Comments

[bookblather]

I'll take Friday and write about sestinas.

[jjhunter]

Wonderful! I've added you to the calendar.