Awesome poem! I loved it. And thanks for the shout out. If you want to know more pantoums and other forms I highly recommend Mark Strand and Eavan Boland’s *The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms.* It is such a great book with descriptions, history and examples.
I loved teaching + creating pantoums - I like making them from a free-writing prompt (Favorite Vacation Memory, Recurring Nightmare, How Your Day Started are fruitful starters), and you can also make them from random lines in textbooks. The chant-style that results is entrancing, and usually your subconcious chooses lines that produce a tone you might not have expected when starting the exercise.
Awesome poem! I loved it. And thanks for the shout out. If you want to know more pantoums and other forms I highly recommend Mark Strand and Eavan Boland’s *The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms.* It is such a great book with descriptions, history and examples.
Thank you and I will check out that recommendation -- thanks so much!! 😊
I loved teaching + creating pantoums - I like making them from a free-writing prompt (Favorite Vacation Memory, Recurring Nightmare, How Your Day Started are fruitful starters), and you can also make them from random lines in textbooks. The chant-style that results is entrancing, and usually your subconcious chooses lines that produce a tone you might not have expected when starting the exercise.
You’ve inspired me to revisit the form. ♥️
I was so happy and intrigued to come across it! So much more to explore... Thanks!
A lovely poem, Robin.
I really liked the repetition, yet slight change, of these two lines:
“His compulsions become mine
His comforts become mine”
Thank you, I really enjoyed the process of this (and I was happy when that particular variation came to me! It says a lot about him and us)