Reading, I’m humbled, yet here I remain,
fiercely intent, with utter commitment,
writing my heart-songs to drum-beat refrain.
Dreams I have plenty — I need equipment,
to wield my words with magic’s aquitment.
Bravely, I scribble. I lie awake nights.
I publish. I cringe. My poetry bites!
Readers revive me. I conquer despair.
Waking once more, I aspire to great heights:
Improvement won’t happen, if I don’t share.
~ Elizabeth Barnesco, September 15, 2024
So many additional thanks, for a day spent in pleasurable, productive immersion in “The Poem-Zone”:
Nelly Bryce and
Poetry (Pen) Pals Prompt #35 : Juxtaposition, the spark that got me working, early this morning:
https://open.substack.com/pub/poetrypals/p/juxtaposition-in-poetry?r=b5r8a&utm_medium=ios
Allison Acheson’s recent post: “Cairn by Cairn”, which exemplifies why I will ever be a member of The UnSchool:
https://open.substack.com/pub/unschoolforwriters/p/writing-cairn-by-cairn?r=b5r8a&utm_medium=ios
Maggie Smith’s illustrations of her editing process, which empower and inspire me to stay the course - here is the post that made me subscribe:
https://open.substack.com/pub/maggiesmith/p/sparks-and-starts-genetic-memory?r=b5r8a&utm_medium=ios
Amanda B. Hinton for many posts, and her label “DIY Writer”, which is another boost for those of us who encountered her pivotal question, “What kind of Substack writer are you?”, and identify as such:
Linda Caroll for her post: “Do You Even Know Why You’re Writing?”, which led me to deeply examine my need to share my work on Substack (and Medium, etc.)
https://open.substack.com/pub/lindac/p/do-you-even-know-why-youre-writing?r=b5r8a&utm_medium=ios
I guess that’s all for this time, folks! As always, even when you are only imaginary, possible, future readers — Thank You!
About the Dizain: from
https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/dizain/
Summary: Two accepted forms:
Eight lines: Rhyming ababcdcd
or Ten Lines: Rhyming ababbccdcd
METER: Not required; Classic meter customary.
A French form popular in the 15th and 16th centuries, it is a single
stanza of 8 or 10 lines (10 being more common), with 8 or 10 syllables
in each line (each line being of the same length). A classic meter is
normally used, e.g. iambic pentameter.
The rhyme scheme is ababcdcd, or ababbccdcd.