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Limerick Poems Limerick Poems
Limerick Poems- Invites visitors to write and rate limericks. Includes a "how to" section and a description of the form. ...
Funny Limericks For Everyone Funny Limericks For Everyone
Funny Limericks For Everyone- A limerick blog, with a clean, humorous limerick posted each day. Includes a limerick generator and accepts submissions. ...
Limericks Limericks
Limericks- A brief history and explanation along with numerous examples from "A Book of Nonsense" by Edward Lear. ...
Smithsonian Magazine - "The Limerick is Furtive and Mean..." Smithsonian Magazine - "The Limerick is Furtive and Mean..."
Smithsonian Magazine - "The Limerick is Furtive and Mean..."- From the Maigue poets to Ogden Nash, witty wordsmiths have delighted in composing the oft-risqué five-line verses. Introductory article. ...
Tomastic Limericks Tomastic Limericks
Tomastic Limericks- An article with commentary from The Pentatette concerning early limerick-like prayers written by St. Thomas Aquinas. ...
Limericks Limericks
Limericks- A discussion of the form by Joel D. Ash, a writer of serious limericks, with examples of serious limerick poetry, including one of his own. However, beware: the two links to books of and about limericks do not ...
Pantoum, An Explanation Pantoum, An Explanation
Pantoum, An Explanation- With links to pantoums by Deane P. Goodwin and Mikki Pennington. ...
Poetry Form - The Pantoum Poetry Form - The Pantoum
Poetry Form - The Pantoum- A description and explanation of the form, with examples and a step-by-step guide to writing one. ...
Pantoum of the Great Depression Pantoum of the Great Depression
Pantoum of the Great Depression- By Donald Justice. Introduced by Robert Haas. ...
Pantoums for Free Pantoums for Free
Pantoums for Free- A collection by Nicholas Gordon that can be used free for any personal or non-commercial purpose. ...
Harmonie du soir (Evening Harmony) Harmonie du soir (Evening Harmony)
Harmonie du soir (Evening Harmony)- A pantoum from Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire. In French and in multiple English translations. ...
Owl Editing: Sol Owl Editing: Sol
Owl Editing: Sol- A pantoum by Glen Wheeler. ...
Poetry Knowledge Zone: Pantoum Poetry Knowledge Zone: Pantoum
Poetry Knowledge Zone: Pantoum- Explanation, history, and step-by-step instructions for writing by Smitha Chakravarthula. Includes examples. ...
About.com Poetry: Pantoums About.com Poetry: Pantoums
About.com Poetry: Pantoums- A listing of pantoum sites, including definitions, histories, and examples. ...
Stillbirth Stillbirth
Stillbirth- A pantoum about grief by Laure-Anne Bosselar. ...
Parent's Pantoum Parent's Pantoum
Parent's Pantoum- By Carolyn Kizer. Includes RealAudio clip of poet reading the work. Part of The Academy of American Poets Web site. ...
Rondeau Rondeau
Rondeau- Description and examples from a course taught by Alberto Rios. ...
Rondel Rondel
Rondel- By Jean Froissart. Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A foreshortened version of the form. ...
Rondeau Rondeau
Rondeau- A description of the form with examples by Suzanne Honour. ...
Rondelet Rondelet
Rondelet- A description of the form with examples by Suzanne Honour. ...
Rondeau Rondeau
Rondeau- By Leigh Hunt. A seven-line poem that does not quite fit the usual definition of a rondelet. ...
Rondeau Redoublé (and Scarcely Worth the Trouble, at That) Rondeau Redoublé (and Scarcely Worth the Trouble, at That)
Rondeau Redoublé (and Scarcely Worth the Trouble, at That)- By Dorothy Parker. ...
Rondeau Rondeau
Rondeau- A history of the rondeau with many famous examples of the form. Includes instruction on how to write a rondeau. ...
Poetic Form: Rondeau Poetic Form: Rondeau
Poetic Form: Rondeau- An explanation of the form, with the "Flanders Fields" example and a link to "Rondel" by Frank O'Hara, from the Academy of American Poets. ...
Island Sestina Island Sestina
Island Sestina- A sestina by Kathleen Craker Firestone, at the Northern Michigan Journal's website. ...
Sestina in the Computer Age Sestina in the Computer Age
Sestina in the Computer Age- By Scott Reid. ...
Sestina: Altaforte Sestina: Altaforte
Sestina: Altaforte- By Ezra Pound. Perhaps the most famous modern use of the form. ...
Poetry Form - The Sestina. Poetry Form - The Sestina.
Poetry Form - The Sestina.- A description and explanation of the form, with examples and a step-by-step guide to writing one. ...
Sestina of the Tramp-Royal Sestina of the Tramp-Royal
Sestina of the Tramp-Royal- By Rudyard Kipling, in Cockney dialect. Part of the DayPoems Poetry Collection edited by Timothy Bovee. ...
Sestina Sestina
Sestina- Description and examples from a course taught by Alberto Rios. ...
The Krenek Sestinas The Krenek Sestinas
The Krenek Sestinas- By Don Mager. A set of six related sestinas both echoing and about the music and life of Ernst Krenek, a serial composer. Part of Eclectica Magazine v2n2. ...
Complete 360 Complete 360
Complete 360- A brief description and history of the sestina form with examples. ...
Sestina Sestina
Sestina- A brief definition and description from a course at the University of Pennsylvania. ...
Sestinas for Free Sestinas for Free
Sestinas for Free- A collection by Nicholas Gordon that can be used free for any personal or non-commercial purpose. ...
Sestinas: Browse, or Build Your Own Sestinas: Browse, or Build Your Own
Sestinas: Browse, or Build Your Own- A template for creating sestinas. ...
Some Thoughts on Sestinas Some Thoughts on Sestinas
Some Thoughts on Sestinas- By Lawrence Schimel, with a sestina by Joe Haldeman. ...
Cledisat 9 Cledisat 9
Cledisat 9- By Arnaut Daniel. A side-by-side translation from the Provencal, with a .midi version of a traditional troubadour melody. From a troubadour site, which claims this as "the first sextain in the history of lite ...
The Sestina Page The Sestina Page
The Sestina Page- A Web site devoted to the sestina form, with a large online archive of examples. Going beyond the extensive home page requires the reader to join "Yahoo Groups." ...
Sestina Sestina
Sestina- By Elizabeth Bishop. Includes readers' comments. ...
Sestina Sestina
Sestina- By Algernon Charles Swinburne. Unusual in its use of rhyme. ...
The Shrinking Lonesome Sestina The Shrinking Lonesome Sestina
The Shrinking Lonesome Sestina- By Miller Williams. Part of a larger site called The Wondering Minstrels. ...
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Sestinas McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Sestinas
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Sestinas- A treasure trove of sestinas submitted to McSweeney's from 2003 - 2007. ...
Poetic Form: Sestina Poetic Form: Sestina
Poetic Form: Sestina- An explanation of the form with a link to Ashberry's "Farm Implements and Rutabagas in a Landscape" and an explanation of Marie Ponsot's redaction of the form, the "tritina." From the Academy of Ame ...
Five Sevenlings Five Sevenlings
Five Sevenlings- By Sherman Alexie. In Mudlark Flash No. 48 (January 2009). ...
Four Sevenlings Four Sevenlings
Four Sevenlings- By Yolanda Calderon-Horn. Second Place Winner, November 2005 InterBoard Poetry Competition. ...
Flying South for Winter Flying South for Winter
Flying South for Winter- A sevenling by Nicolette Bethel. In Eclectica Magazine v12n2. ...
Sevenling (He lived for) Sevenling (He lived for)
Sevenling (He lived for)- By Rodger Moody. Published on The Oregonian Web site, June 10, 2011. ...
The Poets Collective: Sevenling The Poets Collective: Sevenling
The Poets Collective: Sevenling- A description of the form with the poem by Anna Akhmatova that inspired it, plus two examples. ...
Sijo Sijo
Sijo- An explanation with examples by Larry Gross. Includes links to other sijo sites. ...
Korean Sijo Masters in Translation Korean Sijo Masters in Translation
Korean Sijo Masters in Translation- Translations into English of Korean sijo from poets of the Classical period. ...

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