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An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the Diversity of Their Art
Edited by Annie Finch and Kathrine Varnes
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Meters Accentual Verse Dana Gioia Syllabics: Sweeter Melodies Margaret Holley Counted Verse: Upper Limit Music Paul Hoover Iambic Meter John Ridland Blank Verse Anthony Hecht Anapestics Charles O. Hartman Trochaic Meter: Running with Abandon Carl Phillips Dactylic Meter: A Many-Sounding Sea Annie Finch Free Verse Michelle Boisseau Hendecasyllabics Rachel Hadas Quantitative Meter, including Alcaics Rosanna Warren Some Maverick Meters John Frederick Nims
2. Stanzas Heroic Couplet: "The Bravest Sort of Verses" Timothy Steele Terza Rima: The Self-Engendering Muse Felix Stefanile Quatrain John Hollander Sapphics Grace Schulman Ottava Rima Jacqueline Osherow Spenser¹s Eponymous R. S. Gwynn Décima: a Poetic Journey from Spain to New Mexico Pat Mora
3. Received Forms Folk Ballad W.D. Snodgrass Ballade: Exquisite Intricacy Judith Barrington Blues Raymond Patterson Carmena Figurata: Taking Shape Jan D. Hodge Epigram: Gists, Piths, and Poison-Pills X.J. Kennedy Ghazal: To Be Teased Into DisUnity Agha Shahid Ali Haiku Jean Hyung Yul Chu Hip Hop Rhyme Formations Tracie Morris Japanese-Style Linked Forms William J. Higginson/Penny Harter Clerihew & Limerick Gail White Litany Poem: A Wand Made of Words Nancy Willard Musical Form and Formalist Poetry Rob Hardin Pantoum: Postcolonial Pedigree Vince Gotera Prose Poem: Strange Tales and Bitter Emergencies The Metrics of Rap D.J. Renegade Rondeaus and Roundels Tom Disch Sestina: The End Game Lewis Turco The Sonnet Marilyn Hacker Triolet: Trippingly on the Tongue Kathleene West Villanelle: Gymnastics Maxine Kumin
4. Principles for Formal Experimentation Organic Form Hilda Morley Fractal Amplifications Alice Fulton Performance Poetry Bob Holman Beyond Found Poetry Keith Tuma List poem David Lehman Procedural Poetry: Intentions of Nonintention Jena Osman Nude Formalism: A Sampler Charles Bernstein Oulipian Poetry Aldon Neilsen Fluency of Form: Three Inventions Two American Verse Forms: The Low Coup as a Contemporary African American The Paradelle Billy Collins Predetermined Avant Garde Forms Mark Wallace
Bibliography: Sources for Further Reading Contributors Acknowledgements Index
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