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Poetry Friday: A Round of Rondeau Redouble

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  So, every once in a while, I get to write poems with the Poetry Princesses, which is an intimidating thrill. First, we did the crown sonnet. Next up was the villanelle. And then, with barely time for a deep sigh of relief after we posted those in December, we somehow ended up embroiled in a […]

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Poetry Friday: The Villanelle People

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OK, you know Liz Garton Scanlon, of Liz in Ink? You know how she’s always so enthusiastic and passionate about stuff? Well, a month or so ago, she emailed our group that wrote the crown sonnet a year and a half ago (that long?). And she proposed that we each write a villanelle, all seven […]

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Poetry Friday: Poetry Princesses Do 7 Impossible Things

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  When I typed the title of today’s post, I thought–hey, our seven sonnets were our seven impossible things. Cool! But really, what I was referring to is that Jules and Eisha of Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast have a post about the crown sonnet project I took part in (which I blogged about last Friday.  Jules, being Jules, and […]

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Poetry Friday: A Crown Sonnet

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   I am so proud to be part of the crown sonnet project called Cutting a Swath, which a group of us are publishing on our blogs today! You can read all about the project at Liz in Ink, where Liz Garton Scanlon has the entire crown sonnet posted as well as links to each poet’s post […]

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