Found on Facebook recently -- this snapshot of my syllable-count triangle from an earlier blog posting . . . I like the way that choosing words that conform to a pattern stimulates my thoughts.
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| From a blog posting back in 2018 |
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Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Shaping POETRY with GEOMETRY
Syllable-count constraints help me to think carefully about word choices as I construct a poem. Here are square and triangular stanzas that came into my head recently while I was jogging.
In addition, when working with students, I often find that they explore their ideas most easily when I suggest that they follow syllable-counting constraints.
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