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Poetry: December 12, 2007 Issue [#2116]

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Poetry should please by a fine excess and not by singularity. It should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost as a remembrance.

John Keats (1795 - 1821)

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift of speech.

Simonides (556 BC - 468 BC)



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Walk Poetry ~ A new poem is as close as a stroll.



How is your holiday stress gauge? Has it hit critical, yet?

I know how all the gift buying and gift giving (does dad really need another tie?); the vacation and party plans (bad enough to schedule it all in when you are the guest, worse if you are the host/hostess); the annual pictures and school events (getting everyone to smile at the same time and dealing with costumes – What?! Now you’ve been promoted to angel? What happened to being a cow?); and dealing with relatives you sometimes wish you weren’t related to can bring you to your limit.

I’ve always found a walk relaxing and now you can de-stress and find fodder for poetry at the same time. Besides, isn’t a walk a kind of poetry in itself?


The Walk Poetry Form



BRIEF HISTORY

It’s not known exactly how old this type of poetry is, but some estimates put it at over 3,000 years old. (Padgett 200)


MUST HAVES

*It must be about a walk of some kind.

* An idea of what you want out of your poem.

There are four general ways you could go with your poem – but seriously, take your walk anywhere. You could have a:

---Concrete walk poem, where your words show your walk visually, as well as literally.

---Eureka walk poem. This is where your walk takes the narrator and/or reader to an internal or external discovery.

---Mind mirror walk poem, where the poem mimics the way the mind behaves when you take a walk.

---“What you see is what you get” walk poem. This is where the author poetically describes the walk as it is.


COULD HAVES or What's The Poet's Choice In All This?

*Rhyme – Use it or not.

*Meter – Use it or not.

*Use one of the general ways you could go with your poem listed above, mix them, or forge your own path. This form is all about what the author wants. There are very few restrictions. Actually, only one restriction - it has to be about a walk - even if it's only about a walk to the bathroom!

*You could even decide to combine this form with another form (ex. walk form and a sonnet form), as long as you stayed true to the requirement(s) of subject matter for the other poetry form, if it has any.


OF NOTE

My kids’ favorite walk poem, because the poet talks about mules farting:

A Walk, by Gary Snyder
http://www.wenaus.com/poetry/gs-awalk.html



Padgett, Ron. Teachers & Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms. 2nd. NY: T & W Books, 2000.


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Next month: I will be featuring new poetry forms. If you've created one or a new variation of an old one - I want to know about it! Also, if you've read about or have seen a new poetry form - let me know *Smile* Send this information in the feedback below or in an email. Thanks!




Editor's Picks



Theme: Walk poetry. Can you tell which (or which combination) of the four general paths you can take with a walk poem that the author chose to walk?



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Submitted By: esprit Author Icon
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Interesting letter, Red. I too, have a bookshelf full of used college literature class textbooks. I can see one two aisles away. Thanks.


Submitted By: Lou-Here By His Grace Author Icon
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Great newsletter.

I have written for years. Short stories when I was younger. Slowly it has evolved mostly into poetry, and rarely a story, including one I have been kicking around for a couple of years. Maybe I will rediscover my spark at the local Salvation Army Store!


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Library book sales? I have tons of books at my library that are fifty cents per hardcover and twenty-five cents per paperback. Definitely check out your local library for book sales! Books need to be weeded out periodically to make room for new ones, so I highly recommend checking out the library. And magazines, too. I subscribe to writing and poet magazines... At the end of the year, all past magazines are ten cents per issue. Your library may not be uniform with mine, but hey-- It's worth checking out! ~Cubby ")


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Loved the newsletter...and the fact that I was in it. Thank you so much for choosing to highlight my poem!


Submitted By: ransomme
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Thoughly enjoyed this months newsletter. Especially liked the quote from Simonides. "Painting is silent poetry. Poetry is painting with the gift of speech". These words paint a beautiful picture. No pun intended *Smile*.


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I really enjoyed this newsletter because it felt like it was coming from a real person. Kudos.

What was the baby names book called and where could I buy it? I'm constantly looking for unusual names with significant meanings in my writing. Thankyou!


The baby name book is called "Names Through the Ages," it's by Teresa Norman, and I got it at the thrift shop *Smile* Thank you all for your wonderful comments and questions - keep 'em coming! *Delight*



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