OMAR rubaiyat
tessellation"—or mosaic— of quatrains translation; rearranged, paraphrased,
into disconnected Persian
quatrains (rubai) 'a flowing, thematic narrative.
Edward Fitzgerald a gentle manner
translated Omar Khayyam
These quatrains known as rubaiyat
so novel hedonistic &stansaic
Omar Khayyam
a Persian poet man
Loved to pen quatrains
so he wrote them again.& again
Amy Lowell 'TAXI'
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CHRISTINA R
Close to the Pre-Raphael sect
All proposals to wed,she did reject;
Her fame excels in retrospect-
A spinster,quiet,pious and chaste
Such talents were,not left to waste.
The talented Christina Rossetti
wrote carols and much poetry.
Married love elluded her,I'm afraid,
the poor lass dying as a spinster maid
inadvertently ineffectually interlock initial in introspect invite
(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • September 28–October 4, 2026)
autumn night
in my mirror
a silver moon
whispers
curious I listen
a single owl
screech breaks
the silent November night-
the Hunters moon
waxes blue
Creative poet Aram Saroyan
whose creativity did need not scan
Usually just a single letter/word so minimal
'lighght'* controversial an example was typical
In a Word a Happening
sans beginning,middle,or end
in an instant
all at once
we see
* Aram Saroyan
one word 'lighght' created 1967 controversial
then and ever since
A QUATRAIN of ALLITERATIVE ATTRIBUTES
bumpkinly buttercup bannerlike bovid boloney breath brainwashed at the bibliothecal
reschedule recapitulate reactive reignite reflective radar repercussion
spiteful snorting sociopath signal schematically scare submarine
understand unmodifiable uninquiring uniformize unfalteringly unawares unsay unpleasing unreadably
Ben Jonson's four linked rhymed couplet 'To Celia' in 'olde English' with the much mis-quoted second line is perhaps the most famous penned love plea still relevant & pertinent today in this eternal & often misunderstood of everyday relationships
Ben Jonson a bricklayer by trade
poetics then came to his aid
He loved the epigrammatic quatrain
as they did not need to tax his brain
Ben penned a poem of love
a plea for the recovery thereof
He used olde English to make a play
requesting Celia to make his day
The art of creating a visual response to a piece of writing is known as a reverse ekphrasis ie the inverse of the centuries old poetic form of ekphrasis.
The most well known example being Charles Demuth 'Figure 5' based upon a W C Williams Poem.(see link in notes above)
EMAGI is a recent (fun) variation of a reverse ekphrasis derived by the advent of the widespread use of hand held digital communication devices -where words in digital symbols /letters can be represented as a shape
and uses a poet's poem to inspire the digitised 'drawing'
Edward Thomas 'HAYMAKING'
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coolly conspiratorial confronting commemorative cryosurgery
(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • September 21–27, 2026)
AUTUMN
longing for change
amber to red
a leaf falls
SLEIGHT OF HAND
passe
-passe
WALLACE S Valley Candle (triple clerihew)
with imagist-poetics once did strive
Enigma in his 'Valley Candle'
helped his poetry to sell well
Wallace Stevens so enigmatic
whimsical fanciful& symbolic
His Valley Candle*blew&blew
the interpretation is up to you
Businessman poet Wallace Stevens
very creative with a poetic pen
A contemporary metaphysical wit
as 'Valley Candle' enigmatically does sit
Jack Kerouac, the 50's Beat poet with this English language style 'haiku' form does just to the western world classic features of the tercet form ..no title ..free syllabics..but the last line keeps to the 'happening' moment that identifies it as 'hiku"
Canadian born Jack Kerouac
a poet of the 50's 'Beat gen' pack
Known for his western 'hiku'
keeping to its features then so new
stream of consciousness spontaneous prose
how his famous 'on the road' novel flows
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