Sevenling
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A Sevenling is a poem of seven lines with similar structure to this poem by Anna Akhmatova:[1]
He loved three things alone:
White peacocks, evensong,
Old maps of America.
He hated children crying,
And raspberry jam with his tea,
And womanish hysteria.
… And he married me.[2]
Roddy Lumsden invented the form about ten years ago[when?] as part of a teaching exercise.[citation needed]
Poets like Sherman Alexie[3] and Richard Garcia have published the form.
[edit] References
- ^ Lumsden, Roddy. "Sevenlings by Roddy Lumsden". American Poetry Journal. ISSN 1547-6650. http://home.comcast.net/~jpdancingbear/apj_sevenling.html. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
- ^ He loved three things alone … from Akhmatova, Anna; D M Thomas, translator (1998). Selected Poems. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-140-4564-5.
- ^ "Sevenlings - Sherman Alexie". Mudlark Flash No. 48. 2009. http://www.unf.edu/mudlark/flashes/alexie.html. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
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