Brian Strand Quotes

Blogging is like putting on medieval s(t)ocks
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TRISTICH:The most well known being HIKU the English language version of HAIKU 'the phonetical&cultural original ' Japanese' poem form in verse freed from syllabic constraint within its triplicity of format&still inherently enigmatic with a caesura and surprise ending
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CRYSTALLINE scans better if its rhymed
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TANKA tanka in English is essentially a 3 line hiku(SHOW)with a couplet amplification (TELL)
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MONOKU better yet broken in two *https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/broken_monoku_explained_1608777
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CLERIHEW a personal name ..rhymed aabb ..so easily
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DIDACTIC a teaching (I)n(M)y(H)umble(O)pinion
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ALLITERATION alphabetical assonance aloud
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EKPHRASIS an art poem personalised
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FREE VERSE entirely up to you poet
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CINQUAIN american- Crapsey imagist English response to the Japanese haiku genre
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FOOTLE a verse so terse
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OPEN VERSE imagery,assonance,rhythm,sound symbolism of an intuitive of the self conscious in a crystallised convergence of the moment ,with punctuation implied by the form, interpretation by the reader changing according to mood, thus essentially fluid and inherently variable.
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BOOKS stepping stones in the stream of self improvement
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Poetry is an oral art form, when a poem is recited aloud(preferably by the poet) a unique 'as is moment' occurs with the listener. NOTE:This is much thevsame as happens each time one views/touches a work of art.
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