Post by Brigid Briton on Mar 26, 2014 16:30:37 GMT -6
Form Focus is the handy place to learn about new poetry forms. Each session will present a bit of history, discuss any rules pertaining to the form being discussed, and give you some examples. We invite you to take what you learn, write something in that new form and share it with us.
I want to thank Dustandwater, who has left the forum for new adventures, for coming up with the idea for Form Focus and for doing such a bang-up job of hosting it while he was here. Now, anyone who chooses may host a session featuring a new form of poetry, just be sure to send me a PM first to avoid duplication of effort if the form you want to feature has already been scheduled. Watch for a new Form Focus session every week.
The following is what Dustandwater said in his original introduction to this section. I think he says it best:
"There is some discussion about following and not following the traditional guidelines set in these sessions. While I am a bit of a traditionalist myself, I generally say, "Experiment! Feel free!".
However, for these focus sessions I would urge people to try to stay within the confines. Use this board as a starting point, a foundation. Then, once you are really familiar and comfortable with the form as it was intended, go off and adapt it as you wish. I really think it is of great value to the poet if he or she tries to at first follow the more traditional guidelines, observing common content, word count, metro and so on. Then, once that has been successfully achieved, head to the other boards and play around with the forms a little.
Maybe even invent a new form to later present in a Form Focus session of your own!"
Brigid
I want to thank Dustandwater, who has left the forum for new adventures, for coming up with the idea for Form Focus and for doing such a bang-up job of hosting it while he was here. Now, anyone who chooses may host a session featuring a new form of poetry, just be sure to send me a PM first to avoid duplication of effort if the form you want to feature has already been scheduled. Watch for a new Form Focus session every week.
The following is what Dustandwater said in his original introduction to this section. I think he says it best:
"There is some discussion about following and not following the traditional guidelines set in these sessions. While I am a bit of a traditionalist myself, I generally say, "Experiment! Feel free!".
However, for these focus sessions I would urge people to try to stay within the confines. Use this board as a starting point, a foundation. Then, once you are really familiar and comfortable with the form as it was intended, go off and adapt it as you wish. I really think it is of great value to the poet if he or she tries to at first follow the more traditional guidelines, observing common content, word count, metro and so on. Then, once that has been successfully achieved, head to the other boards and play around with the forms a little.
Maybe even invent a new form to later present in a Form Focus session of your own!"
Brigid