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Poetry: December 13, 2023 Issue [#12312]




 This week: Take Care of YOU - Poetry Your Way
  Edited by: Red Writing Hood <3 Author IconMail Icon
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About This Newsletter



"A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language."

W. H. Auden



"The poet doesn't invent. He listens."

Jean Cocteau





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Take Care of YOU, Too – Poetry Your Way



12 greeting cards

11 lawn decorations

10 batches of cookies

9 gifts for family

8 photos of the feast

7 holiday parties

6 stocking stuffers

5 strands of lights

4 kinds of pie

3 cookies for Santa

2 sore feet

1 glass of milk for Santa



This time of year, there’s a lot to do—and usually, you’re doing for others. This is not a bad thing, in fact, it’s a wonderful thing anytime. What I want you to also do, is to make sure you do for you, too!


So, start thinking about what you want to do with poetry. Is it exploration? Is it cathartic poetry? Is it silly poetry? What gives you joy when writing poetry? Do that.


Here’s a poetry form to work with while you bask in that joy.



Epistle poetry form


What drew me to this form is that, with the dawn of the computer age that brought with it email and texting, the letter is almost a dying art in and of itself. So, I—who have always hated to write letters—am oddly interested in writing a letter poem.



BRIEF HISTORY


This form is around twenty-one hundred years old (New Princeton, 1351). The name comes from Latin origins. “Epistola is the Latin word for letter” (Padgett, 69).



MUST HAVES


--It must be a letter. That’s it.



COULD HAVES or WHAT IS THE POET’S CHOICE IN ALL THIS?


--Any number of stanzas, syllables, or length.

--Any rhyme or meter.

--Use “Dear __________” as part of the poem, or not—it’s your choice. You can write it to anyone (or anything, for that matter), and by anyone.



SOURCE NOTES:


Padgett, Ron. The Teachers & Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms. 2nd. NY: T & W Books, 2000.
The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Edited by Ales Preminger and T. V. F. Brogan. 1993.


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Editor's Picks



Theme: Epistle poetry

 Epistle to my first wife Open in new Window. [13+]
something on my mind - a birthday letter to my deceased wife
by Adherennium - Maybe Writing? Author Icon

 'I hear no news' Open in new Window. [ASR]
Prose poems written in letter form.
by Kåre เลียม Enga Author Icon

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Tomorrow ... Open in new Window. [E]
A letter to my child ... (Form: Epistle)
by 🌕 HuntersMoon Author Icon

 Letter to My Husband Open in new Window. [E]
an epistle I wrote for workshop
by Elizabeth Kidd Author Icon

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Eventide Reflection Open in new Window. [E]
in an Epistle poem.
by Dave's trying to catch up Author Icon

 
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Last Days Open in new Window. [E]
Inspired by the Apostle Paul’s epistles and his final days in prison
by Private Author Icon

 A Soldier's Broken Heart Open in new Window. [E]
I tried my hand at an epistle. It's a soldier writing to his love while overseas.
by Legend Author Icon




 
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Comments on last month's newsletter:


From: Monty Author Icon
Comment: The least is to get rhythm in all forms, easier when lines rhyme.



From: JCosmos Author Icon
Comment: I've added a new entry to my book, "Shadow and Light Poetry."
Item Shared: "too many guns bop poemOpen in new Window.



Thank you both for sharing! It always makes my day. *Delight*



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