Reto poético sijo: abril de 2021 Thank you, poets for your inspired poems. I think the traditional Korean sijo form was new to all of us. Congratulations on the fine poems you produced. I present to you the April sijos, with the theme of wind. Please give the writers your positive feedback in the comments. […]
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The form we are experimenting with this month has a lot of promise! (En español abajo) The sijo is a traditional Korean poetry form. It has three lines, like haiku, and the lines are 14-16 syllables. The themes can be natural, spiritual or humorous. We’ll start with a classic Korean poem from almost 800 years […]
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¡Hola! Today marks the 3rd anniversary of my first post in 2018. What a wonderful journey blogging has been thus far. Thank you for your support readers, visitors and subscribers! Seven Lessons Learned: Comments fields are great places to start conversations. The more you open up and reveal your personality, the more you ‘re likely […]
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Thank you for celebrating spring with us at Fake Flamenco. Three poets from distinct corners of the globe shared their quintillas of the season with us this month. Muchas gracias, poets! I share the poems in the order they were received. The translations are my own, as are the errors. ; ) Gracias por celebrar […]
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En español: Reto poético de marzo 2021 Happy March! Last month, writers penned wonderful free verse poems about friendship. Click on the word amigos to see February’s poetry challenge post. This month our poetry challenge will be the Spanish form called a quintilla. (kin-tea-ya). Wait, what’s a quintilla? Quintillas 5 verses 8 syllables each The […]
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Thank you for your wonderful response to the February Free Verse Poetry Challenge! Marvelous poems from both sides of the Atlantic, I appreciate our February poets very much. ¡Gracias por su participación maravillosa en el Reto poético de verso libre de febrero! Poemas geniales de ambos lados del Oceano Atlántico, aprecio mucho a nuestros poetas […]
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