. . . that was incongruous.

[kiya]

I was discussing pattern poetry with keeps and oneironaut (and lstone some, but I think he was ignoring the literary drivel ;) ) and mentioned sestinas (which is the other form of pattern poem I know). I aimed them at my favorite sestina of mine (I write them occasionally, but I find them wicked difficult), which is actually deviant from form in a way that I happen to find elegant.

I did a google search for "sestina origin" to see if I could find out where the form comes from (according to this thing called the Poetry Parlor, sestinas are from the eleventh to thirteenth century French troubadours; pantoums, on the other hand, originate from Malaysia).

The second hit is . . . the Broken Sestina. Which is the poem I aimed them at in the first place. (The Poetry Parlor was something like tenth.)

I should try to learn a new form. . . .

Comments

[jinian.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking about sestinas when I was in the lunchroom. Before that I was thinking about sonnets. This is all very odd.

[winterknight.livejournal.com]

Speaking of writing... (I think I got to your journal via Clairaide's). Do you mind if I post your "Cooking For Writers Who Forget To Eat" (http://aelfhame.net/~darkhawk/eats/) page on the http://nanowrimo.org/ forum for helpful links?

[kiya]

*blink* No, go ahead. I'd be glad to be useful. :}

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[winterknight.livejournal.com]

I thought it would spark a good recipe thread. :) I forget to eat all the time. :p BTW, have you had any fun with villanelles before? I have one here (http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=manhattan&itemid=447749). They're hard! :p

[kiya]

I've been considering trying them out as my next form. Look tricky all right, though. Yikes.