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This issue has a guest editor, b_boonstra. Then for February, March, and April, Red Writing Hood <3  and I shall trade newsletters: She will be editing the Poetry Newsletter, and I shall do the Short Story Newsletter.
Viv
Next week's editor will be Becky Simpson 
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Poetry Editorial by Bianca
Welcome at the Poetry Newsletter. First I want to take the opportunity to wish every reader of the Poetry newsletter a blessed 2006, on behalf of Vivian and myself.
Vivian asked me a while ago if I wanted to write an editorial for the Poetry newsletter. I accepted the offer – it is a true honour in my opinion to be able to write for. It also made me think… As many people on the website here know, I started my journey in poetry in 2001. At first I did not even dare to enter – I just watched how others wrote their poems. In a writing group, I asked questions. The first poems I wrote were a haiku and a ditty. And I was bad!
Still, the poetic flu grabbed me and never let go. In the past five years I have written a form or two, oh, yes, and I still am not done. Poetry is not just a hobby, it is a study of an art form that ends (for me) when I am able to write a poem in every form used in English. I am not that far yet – I might just have covered a third, so I have ten yearsto go still.
People sometimes ask me why I don’t try to get my work published as they point towards the explanations I have gathered during the years that might become a handy tool to many authors.
Truly, it is a tool to many authors. Here on Writing.Com people set their goals and write a poem in every possible form. Poetry week at the Writer’s Cramp is also an example that many authors use to expand their poetic horizons. Contests are held, and I see people have fun with forms they did not know before. They play with the rules of the form. More importantly, they like to play with the forms.
2006 will bring many challenges. Poets will come and go; poets will get published. They don’t need me to enrich their poetic vision, to broaden their horizons. But when they succeed in their goals and thank their “teacher," whomever it may concern, I feel they have become a better person. That said, I wanted to share a nice new form with you all, to play with…
The Chronos is a new form, developed by my daughter, Alexa Boonstra, and myself. We were discussing some formula's a few weeks ago, while she studied hard for her math test.
She asked me what Pi2 was. (Here I go with my wisdom.) Question marks popped into in my eyes, and she said dryly, "Chronos."
So, Pi2 = Chronos.
She took her calculator out, which is half a computer any way by itself, and showed me. I
noted down the outcome and pondered on it. An idea popped in my mind, Chronos as poetry form was born.
Chronos = 9,8696
Chronos is a single stanza poem.
The metre consists of the following:
line 1: 9 syllables
line 2: 8 syllables
line 3: 6 syllables
line 4: 9 syllables
line 5: 6 syllables
An example:
Branches waving in the autumn wind,
chilly air refreshes my mind,
numbness in my fingers.
It won't take long, until winter comes,
without you it feels cold.
© Bianca 2005
More Chronos on Writing.com
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Thank you, Bianca, for sharing your new form with us, and thanks from all of us here for sharing your knowledge of forms. Your study has benefited many poets and would-be poets.
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Highlighted Poems from W.Com
Please read and review the items that Bianca lists in her editorial as well as her poetry forms.
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We lost one of our own just before Christmas, a woman who called me elder sister in her Dakota language. I wish to include one of her poems, although not to be reviewed, just read. Goodbye, BlueThunder, we will miss you.
Now a touch of humor, first in written form, then in audio:
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Finally, one of my favorite poems, by one of my favorite poets, about my favorite husband:
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Comments from Our Readers
Last month I asked for readers to share their goals for 2006, and promised the first twenty that I would send them 1,000 gift points. I enjoyed reading the poetry goals. Thank you for sharing.
Soccie
2006 is going to be a special year for me. I hope I will be able to improve in every way that I can. Poetry seems like I can write it, but yet I get criticized and that makes me think that my work on that piece is wasted. I plan to start using this criticism in a good way and get rid of my negative thinking.
Moody Blue: Needs an Upgrade
My goal in poetry in 2006 is twofold: get a poem published and write twenty more poems.
StephanieMichelle 
This newsletter is great. I am a new member here at Writing.Com, and I am defenitely loving it. I just wanted to let the writing world know that I am yearning for some feedback on my poem "Living My Life." Ckeck it out and tell me about it. Bye, everyone.
daycare
Another excellent job Viv. You have done your homework. I enjoyed reading the responses. My goal as you already know is to write more poetry. Wendie
Amyaurora 
My poetry goal for 2006 is to get at least one poem published.
rana
Hi..I'm having a problem with the use of symbolism. I used it in a poem entitled "taking flight"..which I think worked well. But since then, I'm having an issue with symbolism and analogies seeming cliche. I feel as though I express myself better using straight forward language..although at times they seem like songs. I read the newsletter concerning analogies..but further advice would be appreciated..thanks.
One way I try to avoid cliches is to try to expand my horizons imaginatively. I ask myself how else I can express my thoughts, how else can I paint the picture I want with words? Sometimes I may start with an overused phrase and then reword it with different images.
Cookie ~ contemplatingareturn
Hi Viv, I would first like to tell you what a wonderful job you have done in this newsletter and I would also like to thank you for including my poem, "Month of Joy" in this months article, I hope you enjoyed it.
My poetry goals in 2006 are to do more styles and master a couple...I hope . I joined this site in order to grow as a writer (by recieving feedback and reading other writings), and so far it is working, Already I have been encouraged, motivated, and inspired. So by this time next year I should be a better reader, writer, and person, all thanks to my passion for the art of poetry and the friendships I have been given from many on this site. Happy Holidays to all.
SaxonLass
Dear Vivian,
My goal in 2006 is to write better poetry and publish a book of my poetry. To learn as much as I can about other poets and read their verse. So much can be written in verse, whether it be rhyming, free verse or haiku,and whatever path of life wwe come from we can all join together through words.
Merry Christmas, Viv, and all at Writing.com.
Competetion Dec.22 2005
This comment was addressed to Becky, but I inserted my name since I believe my editorial was the one addressed. The comments are so true: We can all join together through words.
b_boonstra
LOL! Viv, one of my goals in 2006 is to master the various forms of the sonnet. I hope to get them all right, in meter etc...
And a second goal is to make less mistakes in the Groot Dictee der Nederlandse Taal - this is a kind of test in the Dutch language. Difficult but so much fun to do... though with the new spelling rules in effect in August 2006 it will be a challenge again. Merry Christmas, and a very good start of 2006!
Elisa: Snowman Stik 
Hey, Viv. Since I've opted out seeking publication, I've been writing for the sake of entertaining people. Thus, I have just one goal for 2006. I simply want to write a poem that makes someone out there say "Thank you for writing this poem." If I achieve that goal, I'll be happy.
Until the next time I edit a Poetry Newsletter, keep reading and writing beautiful poetry - and visit me in the Short Story Newsletter for the next three months.
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