| Author | Message | ||
| Ros Badcoe (Rosemary)
Intermediate Member Username: endolith Post Number: 594 Registered: 03-2008 |
http://cleavepoetry.wordpress.com/what-is-cleave-poetry/ A poem split down the middle, where both columns form a poem and there is another poem reading across the columns. Possibly not easy to write using the best 'poetic' ideas, but may be fun to try. The September poem of the month I rather liked. | ||
| Mariah Wilson
Intermediate Member Username: mariahwilson43 Post Number: 899 Registered: 11-2007 |
Ros, many, many thanks for posting that link. What a wonderful concept, I think this will be my new project. How NEAT! Thanx again! | ||
| Ros Badcoe (Rosemary)
Intermediate Member Username: endolith Post Number: 595 Registered: 03-2008 |
Mariah, glad it provided inspiration! So far I like this one best: http://cleavepoetry.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/cleave-poem-by-phuoc-tan-diep/ but looking at the poems generally, I think folks here could do better... | ||
| sue kay
Moderator Username: suekay Post Number: 1054 Registered: 11-2005 |
Very interesting form. I like the concept. thanks for sharing this. regards sue | ||
| Fred Longworth
Senior Member Username: sandiegopoet Post Number: 4872 Registered: 05-2006 |
Oh goody - I am a fan of cleavage.  * * * * * (Message edited by sandiegopoet on November 12, 2008) even consciousness, a pastiche of recycled cans | ||
| ~M~
Board Administrator Username: mjm Post Number: 32100 Registered: 11-1998 |
Thanks for bringing the link to Wild, Ros. I've read a few of these "cleave" poems, though I don't think they were called that. Not easy to do. It takes a good deal of juggling to make sure the poem hangs together in all directions. I've always wanted to try one, but don't think I could make it all work very well. But the link has inspired me to keep on trying. Hey, Freddie -- I just noticed something when I looked at the post you edited. Did you realize your member name reads as sandi-ego-poet? What exactly is a sandi-ego? Do you get that from hanging out on the beach too long? *LOL* Love, M | ||
| Fred Longworth
Senior Member Username: sandiegopoet Post Number: 4875 Registered: 05-2006 |
True story. I'll swear this on a stack of Bibles from here to Alpha Centauri. Years ago, I saw a car owned by a college guy where a "San Diego State University" window decal had been scissored up and pasted on the rear window. It read -- SANDI EGO STATE UNIVERSITY I assumed at the time that this was a "put down" targeting some (presumably) stuck-up lady who had "done him wrong." But now I know it was a chic Italian woman masquerading as a guy. Derf even consciousness, a pastiche of recycled cans | ||
| Rania S. Watts
Advanced Member Username: cementcoveredcherries Post Number: 2425 Registered: 04-2008 |
Hi Ros, Thank you for mentioning this, always good to be introduced to differnt styles of writing... Cheers, Ran lol...Derf! "I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again." ~ Oscar Wilde "You will hardly know who I am or what I mean" ~ Walt Whitman Les Danses Macabres |
