NaPoWriMo introduces us today to a thing called the hay(na)ku). “Created by the poet Eileen Tabios and named by Vince Gotera, the hay(na)ku is a variant on the haiku. A hay(na)ku consists of a three-line stanza, where the first line has one word, the second line has two words, and the third line has three words. YouContinue reading “#354: A Drinking Hay(na)ku”
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#8: Ottava Rima Give Me Cake and Ale (and that is perfect iambic pentameter!)
The assignment for today’s poem from the NaPoWriMo website: write a poem using the ottava rima from Lord Byron’s Don Juan. It’s an Italian form consisting of an eight line stanza in iambic pentameter with this particular rhyme scheme: a-b-a-b-a-b-c-c. It’s groovy, and I wanted to try it, but the prompt comes with no subject matter suggestion,Continue reading “#8: Ottava Rima Give Me Cake and Ale (and that is perfect iambic pentameter!)”
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