This video describes the sestina form and offers a writing exercise to get started. Posts mentioned within this video are: How to Write a Sestina, Part 1: Explanation and Examples How to Write a Sestina, Part 2: Description How to Write a Sestina Sestina Examples of Sestinas on this site Be ready to do a […]
McSweeneys: Selections from a Sestina Series
Here are examples of some fun, contemporary sestinas from the lively website, McSweeneys Internet Tendency. The entire column on sestinas is here. Read through the titles, which are fun, and read those that appeal to you: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/columns/sestinas From these, I suggest the following for ideas: A sestina about waiting for the subway in New York City: […]
How to Write a Sestina, Part 2: Description
This description from Daniel Nestor, the editor of contemporary sestinas The Incredible Sestina Anthology, offers a concise introduction to the history of the sestina and also gives a good diagram we’ll look at in the video presentation. This introduction was published on the Best American Poetry website. https://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2013/10/introduction-to-the-incredible-sestina-anthology-by-daniel-nester.html The chart below is from the post […]
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