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[rowangrove]

Blessed Saint Brigid, once a goddess

Blessed Saint Brigid, once a goddess

Her flames burn eternally in hearth and forge

Her flames burn eternally in hearth and forge

In her blessed hearth flames burn

And forge Brigid, goddess, once a saint

She marks the first days of a new spring

She marks the first days of a new spring

A prayer is

Comments

[tied_muse]

Oh, Collins. That jokester!

My most favorite "non-canon" poetic form is the Fib, aka the Fibonacci poem. Mmm... math.

[rowangrove]

I looked it up. It's pretty cool! As is collins, actually, he's got some pretty good stuff!

[basstendencies]

This is fun :D

[rowangrove]

Thanks! It was challenging, anyway, but that makes it fun. :)

[kextrii]

Color me impressed.

[rowangrove]

Thanks!

[tenshirei]

This form would take me HOURS. I love Collins's original, and I can't believe how successful the paradelle has been for such an impossible-seeming challenge. Yours is amazing; I'm so impressed that you 1) pulled it off, 2) wrote a decent, sense-making poem with it, and 3) used such difficult phrases to do so. Well done!

[rowangrove]

Yeah, it took me hours. :) Re: Collins, I know, right? I was so impressed. I'm glad I stumbled upon this form since it means I also discovered Collins who is, in a word, fantastic.

Thanks for the complement! It is much appreciated.

You should totally try one some time! As I recall you work more in free verse (and so do I for that matter) but it's kind of a fun challenge to stretch the ol' strict-form muscles. I bet you could do a great one! It's like verbal tetris.