I like shape poems, though I've read very few. This is a crude attempt at one, trying to create the shape of a circle with the lines, but it's a start.
It appears that you've overcome your writer's block :) I like shape poems a lot. Have you ever read George Herbert's Easter Wings, or The Altar? I'm sure you have, but they're some of my favorites. What I like about them is the pure, sweet emotion and the humble tone....it is very refreshing and moving to hear truth delivered simply and sweetly in a way that almost everyone can understand. Away from flowery prose and sophistry, simple sweet truth makes poetry--everything--more memorable. CS Lewis was a master of this too. One of my favorite things about Herbert is the way he plays with words. Look at JESU. I don't know if you take requests, but I love that kind of poetry, where the words themselves are the art. Well, if you do take requests, I think that kind of thing would be really interesting to see. (: Think about it. I think you'd be great at it.
It appears that you've overcome your writer's block :)
ReplyDeleteI like shape poems a lot. Have you ever read George Herbert's Easter Wings, or The Altar? I'm sure you have, but they're some of my favorites. What I like about them is the pure, sweet emotion and the humble tone....it is very refreshing and moving to hear truth delivered simply and sweetly in a way that almost everyone can understand. Away from flowery prose and sophistry, simple sweet truth makes poetry--everything--more memorable. CS Lewis was a master of this too.
One of my favorite things about Herbert is the way he plays with words. Look at JESU. I don't know if you take requests, but I love that kind of poetry, where the words themselves are the art.
Well, if you do take requests, I think that kind of thing would be really interesting to see. (: Think about it. I think you'd be great at it.