chipperYou all know that I adore structured poetry, from the haiku to the virelai. (Actually, that's a lie; I abhor the virelai. But I respect people who actually enjoy writing them.) You also know that you're a pretty creative lot. So here: the gates are thrown open! Write me a structured poem about Rosemary and Rue. Since you haven't read the book, it can be about anything from what you think it's going to be about to pre-ordering to how much you want a copy—whatever makes you happy. Any structured form is allowed, as long as you can tell me what it is when asked.
Entries will be taken through the end of the week. Then, next Monday, I'll put up a voting post, and let people vote for their favorites. The winner will receive, naturally, a copy of Rosemary and Rue. Just in case that's not sufficient incentive, there will also be a prize for participation—just entering a poem will enter you in a random number drawing for a signed cover flat. I don't have very many of these, so this is something pretty spiffy for you to stick on your wall.
Game on!
May 14 2009, 02:15:53 UTC 8 years ago
May 14 2009, 03:41:30 UTC 8 years ago
Actually, I'm a sometime English major and a theater/Shakespeare buff, which has wired my brain to think in iambic pentameter if I give it even the smallest excuse. When the subconscious verse-daemon noticed that most of the titles were already in iambic pentameter, it went looking for more patterns, and the rest just sort of fell out.
For anyone in the general gallery who's curious, the rule-set I found for construction of sestinas (sestinae?) is here, listed under "sestina".