Ten poets in my must read collection

When Dana Guthrie Martin of Poetry Thursday, asked me to contribute for this column for 10 must read books in our collection, I asked why not for poets?
Here is my list of poets. I have taken those from classic to modern. I have read and still reading many poets but this list is my personal [...]

Ten poets in my must read collection

When Dana Guthrie Martin of Poetry Thursday, asked me to contribute for this column for 10 must read books in our collection, I asked why not for poets?
Here is my list of poets. I have taken those from classic to modern. I have read and still reading many poets but this list is my personal [...]

Unseen Wings–Sunday Scribblings

Sunday Scribblings wants us to spread our wings this time. Anywhere we like, anyway we like.
When we think of wings, we think of birds. That is to be expected. We all are aware that in addition to fairies, only birds have wings, birds are real, fairies in our imagination.
Most of us wished to possess [...]

Unseen Wings–Sunday Scribblings

Sunday Scribblings wants us to spread our wings this time. Anywhere we like, anyway we like.
When we think of wings, we think of birds. That is to be expected. We all are aware that in addition to fairies, only birds have wings, birds are real, fairies in our imagination.
Most of us wished to possess [...]

Unseen Wings–Sunday Scribblings

Sunday Scribblings wants us to spread our wings this time. Anywhere we like, anyway we like.
When we think of wings, we think of birds. That is to be expected. We all are aware that in addition to fairies, only birds have wings, birds are real, fairies in our imagination.
Most of us wished to possess [...]

of bygone eras—-Villanelle—Poetry Thursday.

Poetry Thursday wants us to write a villanelle. I posted the previous one as a warm up for this. This is my second one. I find that those are not as difficult as I had thought. I wrote this in seven minutes flat.

of bygone eras
peeled, decrepit walls, mildewed paints;stale air circulating reminding of lifeof [...]

of bygone eras—-Villanelle—Poetry Thursday.

Poetry Thursday wants us to write a villanelle. I posted the previous one as a warm up for this. This is my second one. I find that those are not as difficult as I had thought. I wrote this in seven minutes flat.

of bygone eras
peeled, decrepit walls, mildewed paints;stale air circulating reminding of lifeof [...]

Writing a Villanelle

Finally I managed to write a villanelle. It is one of the most difficult forms of structured poetry. As this is my first villanelle, I can be excused for it not being upto the mark. As I go along I ought to do better. More about villanelles can be found here. One of the most [...]

Writing a Villanelle

Finally I managed to write a villanelle. It is one of the most difficult forms of structured poetry. As this is my first villanelle, I can be excused for it not being upto the mark. As I go along I ought to do better. More about villanelles can be found here. One of the most [...]

Writing a Villanelle

Finally I managed to write a villanelle. It is one of the most difficult forms of structured poetry. As this is my first villanelle, I can be excused for it not being upto the mark. As I go along I ought to do better. More about villanelles can be found here. One of the most [...]