12C & Skiving began as a year-long challenge: January 1 2012 – 31December 2012; one poet, one poem a week each for a year, following 52 different poetic forms on any subject.
Following a definite poetic form creates what at first seems like a limitation, a restraint, the muse muzzled and the creative torrent channeled and tamed at best. At worst, twee. And sometimes, you’ll find, they are twee.
As I write and hone, however, poetic stanzas, meter and rhyme become merely the framework of the doorway I hang onto as I lean out into the world; it’s a skeleton and flesh for the mind and soul to fill, the instrument through which breath and movement are whittled into song. And it’s sudoku for the writing brain.
Some poems are meticulous, others hurried unpolished drafts, and many I will no doubt look back on and cringe…
The purpose of 12C & Skiving was to challenge myself with varying structures and the discipline of writing for myself every day and to have fun along the way. I had fun, so much so that I’ve continued using this space as a place to offer up poetry as I write it.
poems, prose and pathways
Writer | Artist
Fatos e Curiosidades sobre a natureza e tecnologia
Meditations on Art and Life
"per l' allegria il pianeta nostro è poco attrezzato. Bisogna strappare la gioia ai giorni futuri "
a resource for moving poetry
Linking collage work to the meaning of personal and universal symbols.
This is my adventurous story about buying, designing, and renovating homes in ITALY
Nice one girls! Look forward to it! Good luck!
Collaboration of one, now, sadly 😦
nice to meet you
David in Maine USA
Nice to meet you too! Apologies for the loooong time before a reply 🙂
What a challenge!
Thank you – yes…I can say in retrospect (7 months after your comment, so sorry for the incredibly late reply!) that it was indeed a challenge – more in regards to consistent motivation that the actual writing…
Oh consistent motivation… I know all about that! Consistent distraction is something I’m also very familiar with!
Very inspiring, what a great challenge, and so nice to meet you! Greetings from Egypt!;^)
Thank you! Lovely to meet you, too 🙂
You’ve been nominated for the One Lovely Blog Award. Do with it what you will. Just look at some of the other blogs maybe, or pass it on. The full rules are on Laine’s blog—I didn’t go the full monty
http://janedougherty.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/blog-award-2/
Grazie mille, Jane, apologies for a late reply – in transit to the land of Oz 🙂
I’ll pass this on when I’ve aligned with this international dateline 😉
You are one of those people it’s impossible to keep up with. I have a sister lke that—never know which continent she’s on at any given moment 🙂
Oh it feels like that from this end, too….just back on the boot yesterday, complete with voyagers’ virus. Keen to stay put for some time in the foreseeable future. Very tired!
Over-winter in Italy. And stay away from Manchester. You’ll be right as rain 🙂