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A Woman’s Longing, by Suzette Richards – Image generated in the style of John William Waterhouse, 22/12/2024.
The design of the Archimedes’ Screw Verse
I am inviting you to name this newly invented poetic form in the comment section. Thanks
NEW NAME: Phoenix sixain
- It is a 6-line verse invented by Suzette Richards (2024).
- Choose five consecutive lines from one of your older poems -- preferably verbatim.
- Line 6: A word from each of these 5 lines, in sequence; therefore, a 5-word line.
- Rhyme and metre are optional, and the syllable count per line is irrelevant.
[The 5-line verse is from my poem, Where do Birds Go when they Die? (2014)]