10 Reasons Why Poetry is the Manliest of Genres
We all know genres aren't male or female, but if they all ended up in a bar fight, would poetry be the manliest?
A Traditional Form Poetry Starter Pack
Interested in experimenting with traditional form poetry but not sure where to start, or if you'll like it? Suggestions for poets who want to avoid rhyme, avoid meter, keep it quick, or just have fun.
Finding the Big in the Very Small with Tanka Poetry
Tanka poets have a unique way of perfectly freezing a moment in time, of turning a short impression into a story of five lines.
UPDATED WITH WINNER: Workout Your Brain: Write a Sonnet (& Win!)
Is your brain getting flabby from too much science fiction writing? Shake up your writing routine by trying out one of the oldest forms in the book. That's right--write a sonnet!
Hashtag Haiku: #funwithshortforms
Take a break from all that serious writing to play with a couple short forms--one old, one new.
