Poem linkspam
Jun. 8th, 2022 06:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
primeidealRecently read "Rhyme's Rooms," which is a book about the more technical aspects (rhyme/meter/alternate formats) of (especially English) poetry. There was a funny interchange where the reviewer was like "who is this book even for? people who like literary allusions and dense analysis but somehow have avoided poetry up until now?" author gets snippy "dude did you even read the book?" Having read the book, I agree with the reviewer that it's not clear who the target audience is--like, I think I knew many of the "basic" ideas already. But it was still worthwhile because it included a bunch of poems I hadn't seen before that do playful things with language! So here are some recs:
"Sonnet with a Different Letter at the End of Every Line" -- some of the abbreviations are a bit of a stretch, but it's funny.
"An Evening of Russian Poetry" -- making the point that just as English has "trite" rhymes like June and moon, other languages do too.
"A Measuring Worm" -- rhyming AxA haikus!
"Easter Island" -- from a book of sonnets with lots of overlapping constraints.
"Sonnet with a Different Letter at the End of Every Line" -- some of the abbreviations are a bit of a stretch, but it's funny.
"An Evening of Russian Poetry" -- making the point that just as English has "trite" rhymes like June and moon, other languages do too.
"A Measuring Worm" -- rhyming AxA haikus!
"Easter Island" -- from a book of sonnets with lots of overlapping constraints.
