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"Poetry is what gets lost in translation"
Robert Frost
"Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds."
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
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Exploring Your Ancestral Culture Through Poetry
Around the US we celebrate St. Patrick's Day, which is coming up this month. As I plan the menu for that day, I think about that part of my heritage—and I know quite a bit about it as genealogy research is a hobby of mine. Just knowing names and dates isn't enough for me. I want to know how they lived and what things they had to deal with. For example, most of my Irish ancestors came to America because they were dealing with the hardships of the potato famine.
So lets take that another step—which leads me to my challenge to you.
I challenge you to explore your heritage through poetry. This doesn't mean you need to do extensive research—I just find that fun and have been doing it for years, so I already have that information handy. If you know from Nonna that you are about a quarter Italian, or Opa that you are half German and you want to explore one of those that will work just fine.
Now that you've chosen a cultural heritage, start reading poetry that's associated with it. Old or new doesn't matter, anything that will interest you is usually best. Once you've done some reading, get down to writing. Choose whatever theme, topic or form you want when it comes to writing.
I'll share an Irish poetry form in case you'd like to try it for this challenge.
If you choose to accept this challenge, please send it to the newsletter and I’ll share it with our readers!
Rannaigheacht Mhor
A fun Irish form that utilizes alliteration, cross-rhyme and poetic echoes.
MUST HAVES
--Line count: 4
--Meter: Syllabic; each line has 7 syllables
--Rhyme: In the following format: ABAB (also uses cross-rhyme, which is when the sound in the middle of one line rhymes with the end of another). Cross-rhyme in the following format: something inside line 4 will rhyme with the end of the third line. The second, and any additional, cross-rhyme in each stanza is your choice as to location.
--Echo: The first sound (word, phrase or sentence) of the poem is echoed as the last sound (word, phrase or sentence) of the poem.
--2 to 3 alliterations in each of your lines—specifically the last two words of the last line of each stanza.
COULD HAVES or WHAT IS THE POET’S CHOICE IN ALL THIS?
--Alignment
--Word count.
--Topic/theme
--Number of stanzas
SOURCE NOTES:
https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/rannaigheact-mhor-poetic-form
https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1170-rannaighheacht-and-its-variations/
https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/rannaigheacht-mhor/
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The Brady's Touch Love Poem
When I met you my dear it was love
When I met you my dear it was love
At least I was hoping it would be
When I met you I was lost
You took me making me insane
my wife
I could not think about anything my dove
I just wanted you to with me
Indeed. my love grew strong
but were my hopes to be in vain
my life
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