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This week: Poetry Partners: Partners in Rhyme Edited by: Red Writing Hood <3  
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"Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me."
Sigmund Freud
"Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance."
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Poetry Partners: Partners in Rhyme
There’s nothing like a best friend. Someone who’s always there, stands by your side, gets into trouble with you, helps you get out of trouble—and it doesn’t matter if they’re man, woman or beast. The pair of you could be so much alike you finish each other’s sentences, or you could be total opposites, but something inside of each of you just clicks with the other.
I found a couple poetry forms that remind me of this type of partnership. Enjoy!
Companion Poem
This poetry partnership consists of one or more poems that go together because they strengthen each other’s theme, topic, etc. There are several ways these poems strengthen one another, they can: be opposites, complement one another, or one can be an answer or reply to another poem. These poems can be by the same author or different authors.
BRIEF HISTORY
Companion poems have been around for hundreds of years. A few form examples would be a crown of sonnets, haiku chain or senryu chain.
MUST HAVES
--At least one other poem planned or already created that the poem you’re working on will be paired with.
--Poem could stand alone, if needed.
COULD HAVES or WHAT IS THE POET’S CHOICE IN ALL THIS?
--Any number of stanzas, or length, but usually follows something similar, complementary or opposite to the companion poem.
--Any rhyme, but usually follows something similar, complementary or opposite to the companion poem.
--Any meter, but usually follows something similar, complementary or opposite to the companion poem.
- Topic/theme: Your choice, but usually follows something similar, complementary or opposite to the companion poem.
Double Exposure
This poem is a more intimate partnership. It takes two poems and weaves them together. The difficulty and beauty of the form is that the poems should make sense when read as a whole unit or individually.
An example of a double exposure by the form’s inventor can be found here: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/30155
BRIEF HISTORY
The double exposure was created by Greg Williamson sometime within the last fifty years.
MUST HAVES
--One poem’s lines are bolded and left-aligned, while the other poem’s lines are right-aligned and are your normal everyday text. Both poems are woven together by alternating lines.
COULD HAVES or WHAT IS THE POET’S CHOICE IN ALL THIS?
- Topic/theme: Poet’s choice, but usually are contrasting between the bolded and non-bolded poems/lines.
--Any number of stanzas, syllables, or length—but they aren’t usually long.
--Any rhyme.
--Any meter.
SOURCE NOTES:
The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Edited by Ales Preminger and T. V. F. Brogan. 1993.
Turco, Lewis. The Book of Forms. 3rd. Lebanon, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 2000.
http://www.smartishpace.com/interviews/greg_williamson/
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/greg-williamson
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Comments on last month's newsletter:
By: monty31802
Comment: Thank you for a fine News Letter. I learned something new.
By: Elfin Dragon-finally published 
Comment: I really enjoyed this offbeat piece of poetry newsletter. And though you explained each style I did have to look them up for myself for a better explanation. I found for true examples of "Flyting", "The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedie" (the poets William Dunbar and Walter Kennedy) and "Flyting betwixt Montgomerie and Polwart" (the poets Alexander Montgomerie and Sir Patrick Hume of Polwarth). In regards to The Pregunta I found this...The Pregunta (Spanish for question) was a popular form of "poetic debate" of the Spanish court poets of the 14th and 15th centuries. It is a kind of Spanish version of the French Débate. In the Pregunta, one poet would pose a question in poetic form, usually on the theme of religion or philosophy, the frame of which including number of lines, meter and rhyme were at the poet's discretion. An answer to the posed question would be given by another or even more than one poet using exactly the same frame or structure as the inquiring poem including the same rhymes, not just rhyme scheme but rhyme words. I did find some Forensic Poems that did help me understand a bit better. But I thought you and your readers would like to see what I found in relation to what you were talking about in your newsletter. 
My articles are generally an overview of the topic, not the definitive all-encompassing exploration and essay response to research, due to time constraints of both myself and the general readership. I'm glad the newsletter sparked your interest to explore deeper, and thank you for sharing what you discovered.
By: Meg 
Comment: Thank you so much for featuring my poem "THE GREAT DEBATE." in this Newsletter. I wrote these words 8 years ago, and still the debate goes on : the Northern and Western States of Australia are being pressured once again to adopt Daylight Saving! Let's hope we, in the North, can fend off the issue for yet another year. Thanks for your wonderfully informative Newsletters, Red. Cheers Meg
You are quite welcome. :) We have Daylight Savings here in the US. To be honest, I believe the reasons it was started no longer exist and if we got rid of it altogether it wouldn't be a bad thing.
By: Doug Rainbow
Comment: I'm familiar with forensic medicine, forensic real estate appraisals, forensic accounting, and forensic engineering. Why not forensic poetry? I once argued, poetically, that a forward-looking an enlightened corporation (it maybe would have to be a big one)ought to employ a staff poet to weigh in on a range of policy issues. My proposal got pretty far before being shot down at a board meeting. "Where would he sit?" "To whom does he report?" "How would we do his performance reviews?" So my forensic poem did not win the argument. Doesn't mean it was a bad idea, though.
I think that was a great idea. Too bad they didn't agree. :).
By: QueenOwl ~ A New Day Dawns
Comment: Please satisfy my curiosity. What's a pantoum? Did you mean "phantom"? Is it a variant spelling?
Nope, I meant pantoum. You will find handy links to this and other poetry info in my toolbox: "A Poet's Tool Box" [E]
By: Marci Missing Everyone
Comment: I've never heard of this genre of poetry. It was very interesting. Thanks for sharing this topic. I'm getting some ideas about this, but I can't do anything until birthday week is over. I don't know, I think I'm going to be busy until the end October! 
A busy poet is a happy poet! :D
Thank you all for the great feedback! Thank you all and keep it coming!
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