Form and Function
04/04/2008 04:15 a.m.
Forms to cause function. May be...

In an effort to begin writing more--to force myself to practice in poetry--I've decided to set myself a project: a new form evey week. Since I gravitated most heavily in my early writing days to free form, loose and breathy styles, this may be a healthy antidote to my long-windedness. I am a teacher, you must understand.

Lewis Turco's "Book" will be my guide, like a pretentious Vergil lighting my way into an inferno of devious, demonic, and otherwise down-right dangerous forms. One a week. Let's see how long this lasts!

I'd love suggestions, particularly for the unloved and unnoticed forms, once I run out of the ones I understand. Otherwise once a week I'll resort to a Ouija board style divintation. First page I open...

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