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Teacher Stories—My First Villanelle (Thank You, How to Write a Form Poem!)

By Rebecca D. Martin 7 Comments

a blue bird in a tree with green leaves to highlight the villanelle and sonnet

So much is changing—has changed—in this world. Rebecca D. Martin finds a deep leaving-truth in her first villanelle and her first experience as a teacher.

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching, English Teaching Resources, How to Write a Form Poem, Sonnets, Villanelles

Poet-a-Day: Meet Sandra Heska King

By Tania Runyan 11 Comments

Black cap gull sea Villanelle poem

Prompted to write a villanelle, Sandra Heska King created a container for sorrow and endings. You could try it, too.

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Villanelles

Poet-a-Day: Meet John Poch

By Tania Runyan 1 Comment

Cape Kiwanda Oregon seascape Echo and Narcissus villanelle

What two things must your villanelle have—to make it minimally successful? Find out in this Echo and Narcissus poem from poet John Poch!

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Villanelles

Poet-a-Day: Meet Todd C. Truffin

By Tania Runyan 3 Comments

Camper in desert

A soccer coach inspiring a villanelle? It could happen. (Indeed, it did, in this villanelle from Todd C. Truffin.)

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching Resources, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Villanelles

Poet-a-Day: Meet Richard Pierce

By Tania Runyan 2 Comments

Tall grass in sunset

Can the villanelle come round again? Poet Richard Pierce responds to Dylan Thomas’s famous villanelle with a powerful one of his own.

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Villanelles

Book Club: The Great Gatsby Chapter 3 & 4—Mystery, Contradiction and Switch-Ups

By Tania Runyan 2 Comments

Vintage room with woman at window

Chapters 3 and 4 of The Great Gatsby are full of mystery, contradictions and linguistic switch-ups as the books themes begin to take shape.

Filed Under: Blog, Patron Only, poetry prompt, The Great Gatsby, Villanelles

Poet-a-Day: Meet Ashley M. Jones

By Tania Runyan 13 Comments

Birmingham Skyline View From Quarry

What can the villanelle offer a poet? Ashley M. Jones has a suggestion—and a container for obsession or sorrow.

Filed Under: Black Poets, Blog, English Teaching, How to Write a Form Poem, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Villanelles, writer's group resources

Poetry Prompt: The Villanelle

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

Feeling all the feelings these days? Consider containing them (and letting them breathe) in a villanelle.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Villanelles, writing prompt, writing prompts

Take Your Poet to Work: Sylvia Plath

By Will Willingham 18 Comments

Just one more week until Take Your Poet to Work Day. Meet our final poet in this year’s collection, Sylvia Plath.

Filed Under: Baby Poems, love poems, poetry, poetry and business, Sylvia Plath, Take Your Poet to Work Day, Villanelles

Night Poetry: Emily Dickinson’s Symbol Challenge

By T.S. Poetry 11 Comments

Night Poetry Night Poems Moonlit Sky

Can night poetry have sunshine? If you’re Emily Dickinson, you might find a way to mix dark and light by speaking symbolically.

Filed Under: Blog, Friendship Poems, Night Poems, poetry teaching resources, Short Poems, Themed Writing Projects, Villanelles, writing prompts

3 Star Trek Poems: Into Darkness

By Sara Barkat and Sonia Joie 3 Comments

Star Trek poems

In honor of the 2013 Trekkies high holy day (the debut of the new movie Into Darkness, opens May 16th), we’re featuring Star Trek poems.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, Star Trek Poems, Student Writing, Villanelles, writing prompts

Poem: Ghost of Christmas Present

By L.L. Barkat 2 Comments

christmas poem

A poem for Christmas by L.L. Barkat: Ghost of Christmas Present.

Filed Under: Christmas Poems, love poems, poetry, Villanelles

My Last Villanelle

By Angela Alaimo O'Donnell 9 Comments

Church Doors Villanelle Poetry tweetspeakpoetry.com

I admire a well-executed villanelle in the same way I admire a Baroque Tromp-l’oeil ceiling

Filed Under: Poems, poetry, poetry humor, poetry teaching resources, Villanelles, writer's group resources

I See You in There: the Villanelle

By David K Wheeler 20 Comments

Red Feathers How to Write a Villanelle

Like most poetry built on refrains, the villanelle steers away from narrative ideals, away from conversation and linear exchange

Filed Under: Grief Poems, Humorous Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Villanelles, writer's group resources

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