Well, Lew, that's a fair answer for sure. I guess I was just curious because so many people here have referred to your Book of Forms, which I'd never heard of (being the non-literary type that I am), and then you gave these two wonderful poems of invented forms, that you obviously love. I guess I was wondering if you lean more toward established forms, which I asssumed is what your book is about, or toward these invented ones. I think I've only written one poem in an actual form - a sestina - and not a very good one, although maybe not horrible for an amateur. I wanted to try it after I read one by Elizabeth Bishop.
Anyway, I'm still working on my own invented form. Hey is it really a form if the form is only ever used on one poem?
annie
[This message has been edited by annie nance (edited April 14, 2008).]
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