Shaping Words: Realms

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Realms

At night I travel to the land of dreams,
It seems so real and grand;
I awake then understand
What seems real resembles sand

6 comments:

Sabio Lantz said...: But alas, even in the day we dream but are unaware.
The sandstorm is constant.

[i just did a poem about a dream, if you are interested]; January 31, 2013 at 4:11 AM
Sabio Lantz said...: oooops, no replies.
Perhaps I should unsubscribe.; February 2, 2013 at 5:08 AM
Jim714 said...: Hi Sabio: I visited your site and I plan on including it on my bloglist.

Jim; February 2, 2013 at 8:25 AM
Sabio Lantz said...: NP, just looking replies to your comments or visiting "hellos" Wasn't sure you were reading comments.; February 2, 2013 at 9:53 AM
Sabio Lantz said...: NP, just looking replies to your comments or visiting "hellos" Wasn't sure you were reading comments.

PS - consider turning off CAPTCH; February 2, 2013 at 9:54 AM
Jim714 said...: Hi Sabio: I don't always get to comments right away because I work full time; in addition I have other obligations. I am looking into alternatives for comments. Thanks for the feedback.

Jim; February 2, 2013 at 12:28 PM

Welcome to Shaping Words

My name is Jim Wilson and I am your host. Shaping Words is dedicated to the exploration of formal syllabic verse in English. Formal syllabic verse is poetry that has a set form which is determined by counting the syllables of the lines of the specific form. In formal syllabic verse words are shaped to the specific form of the type of verse being written. Hence the title of this blog: Shaping Words.

Formal syllabic verse has a wide variety of forms including Cinquain, Tetractys, Lanterne, as well as imported forms such as Haiku, Renga, and Tanka when the poet follows their traditional syllabic structure. This blog will offer poems from these many forms as well as occasional posts on the place of syllabic verse in English.

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