Limericks are not my strength. Try as I might, I cannot spin them off the top of my head. It took me all day to get two decent ones. If you’re not familiar with the form, I found a good guide on About.com by Grace Fleming: How to Write a Limerick. Here are a few [...]
I’ve been thinking about voice a lot lately. Voice, as in writer’s voice, what is it, where does it come from, what influences it. As a writer, I love words and word play, have a good knowledge of English grammar, can speak, read and write French well enough to carry on a conversation, read a [...]
Note: In all of the following, I have indicated stressed syllables in bold. An iamb is a two-syllable metrical foot where the stress is on the second syllable: da dum A trochee is a two-syllable metrical foot where the stress falls on the first syllable: da dum Robert Frost’s poem, “Stopping By Woods on a [...]
Here is my first villanelle, from 2009. I found it very interesting and challenging to work in a rhymed form instead of my usual free verse. It was also a stretch to work to a rhyming pattern, but I managed it. I hope to see some of your villanelles posted here! Love’s Progress – A [...]
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