[Writingworkshop] Sestina - Night Vision

Neale Morison neale at nealemorison.com
Thu Jan 14 23:24:08 EST 2010


Thank you very much, Adam.
Adam Holland wrote:
> really excellent.
>
> This was my favorite
>
> "Horizon free from angular design,"
> This line was its own little work.
> It evoked so much with so few words. 
>
> Well done.
>
>
> --
>
> "...his cheeks seamed vertically in deep parentheses, as though it has 
> been his habit frequently to smile."
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Neale Morison 
> <neale at nealemorison.com <mailto:neale at nealemorison.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all. Happy 2010.
>     Here's my first attempt at a sestina.
>     http://www.nealemorison.com/writing/poetry/index.html#nightvision
>
>     A friend of mine mentioned Joe Haldeman's poem, Saul's Death, and
>     I found it online and thought, hmm, it looks like you can do
>     something with a sestina. Or with two, back to back, as Mr
>     Haldeman demonstrates.
>
>     http://www.writing-world.com/poetry/schimel4.shtml
>
>
>     -- 
>     Neale Morison
>     neale at nealemorison.com <mailto:neale at nealemorison.com>
>     http://www.nealemorison.com
>     35 Frazer St, Leichhardt NSW 2040
>     +61 417 661 427
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Neale Morison
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