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CANDLELIGHT CONCERT – A SOUL STIRRING EXPERIENCE
I recently attended a Candlelight concert at Leela Palace, Chennai and the experience surpassed my expectations on all levels. Concert Ensemble The ensemble included Rajhesh Vaidhya on Veena, J.A.Jayanth on Flute accompanied by Praveen Narayan on Tabla and...
Catena Rondo
Catena in Italian means ’chain’ and Rondo means ’circle’. This poem is a ’chain circle’ since it involves intense repetition of lines within stanzas. The poem consists of a variable number of quatrains (4-line stanza). Each quatrain has a rhyme pattern of...
Mussette
Mussette is a poetic style created by Emily Romano. It consists of three verses of three lines each. 1) The first lines have 2 syllables; the second lines have 4 syllables, and the third lines have 2 syllables. 2) The rhyme scheme is...
Recipe Poem
Recipe poem has nothing to do with food. It uses the structure of a recipe– title, ingredients, preparation time, duration, serving suggestions, instructions etc to describe abstract concepts like memories, love, friendship etc. HOW TO WRITE A RECIPE POEM TOPIC : Pick...
Limerick
Limerick is a poetry style that originated in the early 18th century and was popularised by Edward Lear. It is a short 5 line poem with a specific rhyme scheme and syllable count, often laced with wit and humour. Here are the rules for the poetic style; It is a 5 line...
Ekphrastic Poetry
Ekphrastic poetry is a verbal description of visual art. Using vivid imagery, these poems interpret, reflect, imagine, and ‘speak out’ the story behind the art through deep observation. Key Aspects Origin: The term Ekphrastic comes from the Greek, ek (“out”) and...