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Poetry: February 08, 2023 Issue [#11803]




 This week: Valentine’s Poetry with a Twist
  Edited by: Red Writing Hood <3 Author IconMail Icon
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About This Newsletter



"A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language."

W. H. Auden




"A poem is a communication from one soul to another that makes one or both hearts sing."

Walter Mayes





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Letter from the editor




Twist & Shout: Valentine’s Poetry with a Twist



I’m a big believer in the: why be normal -- be unique idea. So with that in mind, I’ve got some ideas on how you can shake up your Valentine’s day poetry.


1) Take a familiar starter line and take it in an unexpected direction.
What do I mean by starter line? Try starting your poem with “Roses are red” or “Violets are blue” then take the poem in an unexpected direction. You don’t have to use those two options, feel free to use your own familiar starter.


2) Use an unexpected POV
This one is pretty self-explanatory, but if you need help with it, it is the subject of this newsletter's discussion question found posted on WDC and their pages on Facebook, etc.


3) Direct the poem to an unexpected recipient.
Traditionally it’s to your love, but say your love is a car or your house or your town, etc.


4) Pair the love genre with an unexpected genre
This one can be quite fun. Take your love genre and pair it with an unexpected genre like horror or technology.


5) Use an unexpected form
Valentine’s poetry is traditionally written in a form like a sonnet or an ode (not always, but these are a couple of common ones as examples). Maybe instead write an epic or limerick or whatever form you feel would be unexpected.



I selected the below form because I'd love to see how creative you guys will get by creating Valentine's Day clerihews.



Clerihew


The Cleriwho? Er, WHAT?!


If you’re asking that question right now, just think David Letterman or Jerry Seinfeld in rhyming couplets.


The Clerihew is named for the English detective-story author Edmund Clerihew Bentley, its creator. This form can be traced back to 1905 when Bentley published a collection of them titled “Biography For Beginners.” It’s been said that he began to write them as a way to relax from the rigors of classwork at the age of sixteen.


Generally speaking, when creating a Clerihew you want to go for wit, sarcasm, irony, and just plain silliness.


When Bentley first created the form, they featured a name in the first line and ended it with the witty punchline/gag but you can ridicule anything, so don't get bogged down by that.


Here is an example of one of the first known Clerihew:

Sir Humphrey Davy
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium.

Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956)



MUST HAVES


--Amount of lines per stanza: 4

--Amount of stanzas: Usually 1

--Rhyme: AABB



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


--Topic.

--Meter: Any length or meter



Other Clerihew links:


http://www.gilbertmagazine.com/sample_issue/12_35_ccorner.htm
http://www.xrefer.com/entry/168406
http://www.romedome.com/poetry/sciflerihews/campy_clerihews.htm
http://thinks.com/words/clerihew.htm
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass/clerihew.htm
http://www.quinion.com/words/weirdwords/ww-cle1.htm


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Editor's Picks



Theme: Clerihews

 
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I beg your pardon, Miss Arden Open in new Window. [E]
A clerihew featuring Eve Arden in her roles as teacher & principal [Cramp, due 8/27/22]
by Write_Mikey_Write! Author Icon

 Valtteri's Art Open in new Window. [ASR]
A Clerihew about Valtteri Bottas' charity fundraising efforts.
by NaNoKit Author Icon

 Mudd's Spud Open in new Window. [E]
Star Trek Clerihew
by Prosperous Snow celebrating Author Icon

 Lesson to a Wee Malingerer Open in new Window. [E]
Week 19 Clerihew
by SWPoet Author Icon

 My Crush Open in new Window. [E]
My eighth assignment! Lesson #4: Clerihew...
by mARi☠StressedAtWork Author Icon

 A Georgian Clerihew Open in new Window. [E]
An impertinent comment from an Americanophile.
by Bill Kinahan Author Icon

 Philosophers Unite Open in new Window. [E]
A Clerihew poem about the wisdom of the sages.
by JACE Author Icon

 Cuipid Open in new Window. [13+]
A Clerihew for Valentine's Day
by Prosperous Snow celebrating Author Icon

 
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Maya Angelou Open in new Window. [E]
How can she live up to her words? Day 20 (Form: Clerihew)
by 🌕 HuntersMoon Author Icon

 Comedic Clerihew - The Campfire Open in new Window. [ASR]
Come on! Let's roast some people, er, marshmallows together!
by Red Writing Hood <3 Author Icon

 
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