01-28-2026, 11:19 AM
(01-28-2026, 11:04 AM)wasellajam Wrote:I should post is somewhere - poems you love I suppose. It is a thing of majesty. Everyone in the world should read it.(01-28-2026, 10:59 AM)milo Wrote:While my first thought was Why would you? Then I figured someone who recently wrote an acrostic sonnet should shut her mouth.(01-28-2026, 10:55 AM)wasellajam Wrote: No, I haven't, have you? It would have to be really good to stretch my attention span.so, yes, I have heard of a double sestina and years ago an old friend of mine (who I have not heard from forever) wrote a triple sestina.
It was both one of the best and worst things I have ever read. Massive in scale, scope, allusion, reference. It seems an impossible thing to accomplish for mere mortals
I don't want it to get lost in that massive thread though. I had forgotten about it until now. Went and checked an old email account from long ago and - sure enough - there it is along with my editing notes. i have trimmed all of those out that I could find.
it is - btw - 6 stanzas of 36 lines apiece with repeating endwords and a final 6 line envoi

