Rather than rearranging what I have scheduled to post, I shall delay #11, which will post on January 3rd, 2014. Number 12, which is not yet completed will most likely be done this morning(ish) and will therefore post on January 4th, 2014, or perhaps shortly thereafter.
Sorry to make all-y’all wait this long ; )
And for the inverse, I offer up the following:
- C 1 (14
- A 1 (7
- B 1 (8
- A 2 (5
- C 2 (9
.- B 2 (6
- A 3 (2
- B 3 (3
- C 3 (4
.- E 1 (13
- D 2 (12
- D 2 (10
- E 1 (11
- C 4 (1
Interpret it as you will! No, I relent. As in the previous example, the columns are:
This… is evidently the way in which I avoid working on my poetry. As well, this is evidently the way in which I avoid working on my sonnet site. Am I the archetypal mismatcher–the quintessential oppositional personality? I shall let you be the judge.
In any event, I offer up the following for your consideration:
- C 1 (1
- A 1 (2
- B 1 (3
- C 2 (4
.- A 2 (5
- B 2 (6
- A 3 (7
- B 3 (8
- C 3 (9
.- D 1 (10
- E 1 (11
- D 2 (12
- E 2 (13
- C 4 (14
Recently I have experimented with Italian varieties wherein the lines numbered 9 and 14 rhyme. The above is an attempt to create a unique form specific to this idea rather than simply modifying the Petrarchan (Italian) scheme. My only quandary now, is what to call it…. “Northwestern” perhaps? “Portlandian?” “455,” as in “four five five?”
…my sweetheart informs me that I should make some note of such sonnets as I write them. So in keeping with that, the most recent one may be found here:
I have them. At least, I suppose that is what they are. To that end, do not expect to see much here apart from a daily sonnet. I cannot now bring myself to answer comments so I decided I would at least post something here. So this… is that.
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…slowly unfolding female series, is rather an interesting one technically. Composed, including its title, of word-count based haiku, which, as I have discovered lately can be written in iambic pentameter. 10 syllables per line, with 5 iambic feet, which consist of a feminine (unaccented) syllable followed by a masculine (accented.) I do love additional constraints, they almost always make for an interesting sound, even if clarity is an even greater challenge. Continue reading
I confess I have been a bit under the weather, however, this is not the only reason I am a bit late in posting.
I have discovered a few things about the nature of this kind of work:
First, I believe one objective was not entirely well thought out. Writing a sonnet every day, is something that can be accomplished in less than seven days. For that reason, I believe the weekend was created (perhaps by God?) In any case, working seven days a week is a recipe for ultimate disaster. I had the notion a few weeks ago, to write ahead, so that I could take the weekend–much like a normal working fellow, regardless of the freelance nature of my chosen profession. Which, alas, must be (except for kisses) its own reward. Continue reading
David Emeron: Sonnets 