Tag: Villanelle

Photo of the Day Poems: Shepherd Me #Poem #Poetry #Shepherd #Villanelle #Psalm23

31 Jan 2023

Just like last year, I’m returning to some of the unpublished photo poems inspired by images from The Guardian’s Photo of the Day posts that I wrote back in 2019 when I was teaching a semester course in poetry. Having just covered the villanelle form in my AP English Literature class today, and seeing that … More Photo of the Day Poems: Shepherd Me #Poem #Poetry #Shepherd #Villanelle #Psalm23

First Things First

11 Dec 2021

We’ve begun Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol in British Literature, and as we plumb the depths of Ebeneezer Scrooge’s character, I am reminded of how easily we can be distracted from the things that are truly most important in life. Indirect characterization often speaks louder than any direct statement made about one’s character. Watch how … More First Things First

A Haikunelle: A Japanese and French Poetic Synchronization

19 Apr 2021

After the positive response I received for my selection of five haiku in celebration of International Haiku Poetry Day, I figured there might be an audience for my haikunelle. If you search for the form online, you likely won’t find an official definition of the haikunelle, but I imagined the form six years ago as … More A Haikunelle: A Japanese and French Poetic Synchronization