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Poetry: August 24, 2022 Issue [#11523]




 This week: I Wanna See You be Brave with Poetry
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About This Newsletter


"Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary."

Khalil Gibran


"I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty."

Edgar Allan Poe




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Letter from the editor




I Wanna See You be Brave with Your Poetry



Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
Paulo Coelho


I did a thing. Something I never thought I’d do. Well, I thought about it, for a minute, but then time passed, and it seemed like a thought lost in time.

I started my master’s degree.

And I started it at age 55. I know! I didn’t think I’d do it either, but here I am, and even though I was nervous and a little bit scared, I did it—am continuing to do it--anyway.

How can you be brave today? How can you take a risk? In your life or in your poetry—I mean it is a poetry newsletter. Think about both, but for today, think about it and your poetry. What have you been scared or nervous to try with your poetry? Is it working with meter? Is it working with something more freeform?



This month, I challenge you to write something you’ve been afraid to try. Below is a form that has stanzas that should have unique differences, so you’ll have plenty of opportunities to try those things you’ve been afraid to try.



Chanso


The form is French in origin.



MUST HAVES


--Rhyme: poet’s choice but each stanza should have the same rhyme scheme

--Number of stanzas: 5 or 6 and each should be the same length but other than length and rhyme scheme, each stanza should be unique (ie. nonce: for example, one can use internal rhyme, the next can be full of onomatopoeia, the third a combination of the two first, etc.)

--Meter: Syllabic



COULD HAVES or WHAT IS THE POET’S CHOICE IN ALL THIS?


--Line count

--Alignment

--Word count

--Topic/theme



SOURCE NOTES:


https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/chanso/

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/chanso-poetic-form#:~:text=Cha...



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Editor's Picks


Theme: Being brave

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About wanting something you could have but arent brave enough to get it
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haha me and one-word titles...a poem about, you guessed it, courage
by Sam MacNeal Author Icon

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Poem about bravery
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 They're my Battles Open in new Window. [E]
A brave colleague who wouldn't share his troubles used the words "They're my Battles".
by Vibha Author Icon

 Monkey Bars Open in new Window. [E]
Musings about those things that I've always been afraid of. SLAM entry.
by BeHereBook Author Icon

 Bitter-Sweet-Soil Open in new Window. [E]
This is something I wrote before transition began in my life.
by VanFleet Author Icon

 Storm Open in new Window. [E]
storm, brave, fear, fun, lightning, noise
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