Ways of approaching form


title: “Ways of Approaching Form”

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date: 30-08-2022

last_modified_at: 2023-12-08 12:09

rules so it can be hard to know where to start. Here are some approaches.

  • Jacob Samuel Rose in Apples and Snakes workshop I was in ([[Red Sky Session 2]]) said to try different parts of the form in stages. So for a [[Sonnet]] you might try writing a fourteen line poem, then you might add in a turn, then maybe try iambic pentameter, then add in rhyme. In this way you build up the elements of the form slowly and get used to what each part does.
  • Similarly, immerse yourself in one form for a bit. write lots of examples and see what they can do. See where the limitations are and where the flexibility is.
  • Just mess around and remember [[Art is Play]]. Remove the pressure to get it ‘right’.

Check out Loud poets Return to form series (link in the [[Poetry Resources]])

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