CharleyH
Curioser and curiouser
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I am afraid of poetic forms.
I enjoy reading sonnets and haiku, and am fascinated by all forms written by other poets, but writing form terrifies me. As I've said to a couple of people around here, I think that I'll blame my high-school English teachers (at least one of them) for this. *chuckles* I'm afraid of form because I've held onto this notion that poetic form is rigid, inflexible. I'm just now beginning to see that this misconception has likely stunted my growth as a poet.
I'm curious ... do certain forms allow for more flexibility than others? Just how much can a poet bend a form (its structure, subject, etc.)?
I enjoy reading sonnets and haiku, and am fascinated by all forms written by other poets, but writing form terrifies me. As I've said to a couple of people around here, I think that I'll blame my high-school English teachers (at least one of them) for this. *chuckles* I'm afraid of form because I've held onto this notion that poetic form is rigid, inflexible. I'm just now beginning to see that this misconception has likely stunted my growth as a poet.
I'm curious ... do certain forms allow for more flexibility than others? Just how much can a poet bend a form (its structure, subject, etc.)?