Sing out loud and strong. Sing of good and happy things. Sing a rondelet. I was introduced to this form in How to Write a Form Poem, in the section …
How to Write a Clerihew (but be nice!)
I probably shouldn’t teach you how to write a clerihew. It’s not very nice. The clerihew was invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley when he was in the …
How to Write a Diamante—Embrace Opposites
Well, we all know opposites attract. It’s the stuff of romance novels. It’s the stuff of Shakespeare’s love poems. The idea of the diamante is to …