Poems to Explain Form: Inkling October Challenge

Hello October!

It's officially pumpkin spice season and I am thrilled! Thank you to Catherine at Reading to the Core for hosting this week's round-up of poems.

Re-cycled paper collage by Linda M.

Our Inklings' challenge for October is to write a poem that explains a form. This comes from THE CRAFT OF POETRY by Lucy Newlyn (2021) and, INSIDE OUT:: Poems on Writing and Reading Poems with Insider Exercises (2020)by Marjorie Maddox 

Is this a Tanka?

Thirty-one small notes

Arise in glorias – birds

Nobles of the sun

Know earth is awakening

All who hear must praise the day

Linda Mitchell 10/1/21

Define Definito

If words are the very illustration

of what you express

A shining idea perfectly coalesced

into eight to twelve lines, more or less

of brief description analogous

to a dictionary, glossary or,

similar reference

highlighting wordplay in poetic verse

Then you have written a definito

Linda Mitchell 10/1/21

Palindrome Poem*

Poems such as these
recycle words
wildflower seed--

        inklings 

 
  seed wildflower
  words recycle
  these, as such, poems

Rules for writing palindrome poetry*

1. You must use the same words in the first half of the poem as the second half, but

2. Reverse the order for the second half, and

3. Use a word in the middle as a bridge from the first half to the second half of the poem. https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/poetic-form-palindrome-poetry-or-mirror-poem

To see more Inkling takes on this month's challenge visit:

Margaret
Catherine
Heidi
Molly
Mary Lee

Hamish and I wrote a word poem in the style of Nikki Grimes this week. You'll never guess what it is -- see it on Hamish's padlet