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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We’re tumbling into a new month! Time to sharpen our quills for the next Fake Flamenco poetry challenge. Estamos revolcándonos al mes nuevo. Es hora de apuntar las plumas para el próximo reto poético de Fake Flamenco. This month our task will be to write a free verse poem about friendship, up to 10 lines […]
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Hola amigos, we are celebrating the new year with an acrostic poem. What thoughts does 2021 bring to mind? We present four poets who braved the acrostic poetry challenge. Click on the names to see their websites. Hola amigos, celebramos el año nuevo con un poema acróstico. ¿Cuáles son los pensamientos que el año 2021 […]
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Happy New Year! ¡Feliz año nuevo! For our first Poetry Challenge of 2021, we will write an acrostic in English or Spanish using the words “New Year.” An acrostic is a poem formed using each letter of a word in sequence as the first letter of a line. ¡Feliz año nuevo! Para el primer Reto […]
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