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Subject: Re: Blood Moon Memoir (Sestina) Author: Jess [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 05:54:57 12/27/07 Thu In reply to: Sasha 's message, "Blood Moon Memoir (Sestina)" on 12:32:38 12/22/07 Sat Sestina's are certainly hard. This one is lyrical and soft. I like, I like! Thanks for posting this...if my muse ever comes back, perhaps I'll try another. I've certainly established that I need waaaaay more than 5 or 7 syllables to say all I need to! This will be great to come back to again and again to be inspired. The moon is a fertile symbol. Jess [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Blood Moon Memoir (Sestina) Author: Sasha [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:54:45 12/27/07 Thu ~ (((((((((Jess))))))))) you're right about the moon, Jess...I adore it... and this piece was part of a 31 days of poetry Challenge a couple years ago, and I didn't want to write it but if I didn't I'd fail the challenge, and my competitive side wouldn't let me do that..haha. Perhaps I'll try the form again one day, but I found the 6 syllable lines and the rhymes scheme really hard to do.... thanks for stopping by, hon...your comment smiled my morning *hugs* Sash xx . [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Blood Moon Memoir (Sestina) Author: Jess [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:47:25 12/28/07 Fri Oh, 6 syllables. I see why mine didn't fit into your conception of a sestina. I never heard that restriction, and anyway, syllable restrictions just aren't my forte. I try, but then I get one I want to keep and that just blows it out of the water. I try to compare myself to Emily Dickinson in that way; like her rhymes that are just shy of truly rhyming, my syllables don't quite cram in there. At least that's how I defend myself! ...call me loquacious! lol ciao! Jess [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Blood Moon Memoir (Sestina) Author: Sasha [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 23:24:20 12/28/07 Fri ~ awww Jess, you have nothing to defend, hon...honest I'm so sorry if it came across like I was picking at your poem it was just different to what I had experienced that's all.. and hell, I'm hardly ever right..lol you rock...and I love that you're here with us, and that you aren't afraid to step outside your comfort zone...love that!!! *big-as hugs* Sash xx . [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Blood Moon Memoir (Sestina) Author: Jess [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 06:40:57 12/29/07 Sat Oh, no, you didn't. If you were to, I'd love the critique. This is a wonderful, supportive place, but I wonder if perhaps you should have a room for some friendly criticism. I don't ever think of my work as finished, and sometimes it's good to hear someone else's take and what does and doesn't work. You didn't pick at anything, you were adorably kind as always and i love you for it! Mwah! Jess [ Post a Reply to This Message ]