I started writing poetry in 2010.
I was in college at the time and suffering through an English literature class. I don’t read much fiction and had never read poetry.
I made a sarcastic remark about the uselessness of writing/reading poetry to her.
She immediately challenged me to try writing some poetry and then tell her it was useless. I had a big helping of crow and must admit I truly love writing poetry.
I write stream of consciousness, usually while listening to music.
My subject runs from nature,business, life in general and politics.
I do not write much blank or free verse to speak.
This poem that I posted is a form I refer to as Icosastich (or 20-line)this is a personal development and is written in pentameter (not Iambic).
I really don’t care where the syllables are stressed or whether they are stressed at all.
For me, it is about the story I am trying to tell.
I write couplets, tercets, quatrain, quintet, sestet, Sestina, Mirror Sestina, Double Sestina (Non-rhyming), Mirror Double Sestina, septets, octaves, Villanelles, Terza Rima etc.
The size and style of the poem fit the story I am trying to tell.
I do prefer the shorter (in length) poems, they are more difficult to write.
I Love A Challenge! :^)
And thank you mairdie for the interest.
FRegards,
txnativegop
I do care.
I love the combination of individualism in your pattern, along with your formal understanding of what you’re doing. I absolutely believe that there are body rhythms in all of us and that the most natural way to write is to be sensitive to the rhythm rather than coerced to a formal pattern developed by someone else.
When looking deep at the guts of poetry, one thing that amazed me was the variability from formal shapes. Almost every single line was off in syllables or accent, even among those best known for rigid formulation. If that’s the case, then why stick with the formal forms to start with?
So, yes, what you’re doing sounds great!