A Video Reading of the Poem ‘Mexican Sestina’ by Geoffrey Smagacz
. The poem "Mexican Sestina" by Geoffrey Smagacz read by the poet himself at the Society of Classical Poets online...
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‘One Dumb Mistake’: A Sestina by M.D. Skeen
. One Dumb Mistake When young I made a dumb mistake And was arrested by the cops. I found myself...
‘Mexican Sestina’ and Other Poetry by Geoffrey Smagacz
. Mexican Sestina Perhaps I left because I got too bored, and no one could put sense in my thick...
‘A Christmas Eve Sestina’ by Mary Gardner
. A Christmas Eve Sestina “He who sings prays twice.” ---Saint Augustine The vagabond had too much Christmas cheer. He...
‘The Meat Purveyor’s Son’: A Sestina by Shirley Bunyan
. The Meat Purveyor’s Son Aesthetically impaired, she was the heir to daddy’s fortune. She was plumpish, short and much...
Poems on Dogs and Humans, by Joshua C. Frank
. Last Visit to the Beach a sestina The beach, untouched by Time throughout the years As millions of waves...
‘Crossing the Swamp’: A Sestina by Carey Jobe
. Crossing the Swamp After about an hour hiking the swamp, I knew. A week’s rains flooded out the trail....
‘Red Flags’: A Sestina Sonnet by Joshua C. Frank
. Red Flags a sestina sonnet The national flags of the Westerners’ lands Turn red in the dim, fading light...
‘Circles,’ a Sestina by Jack DesBois
. Circles It seems to me that living comes in circles, That nothing, even this, is ever new, That all...
A Poem for the Chibok School Girls of Nigeria, by Bethany Mootsey
. Sestina 276 On the night of April 14-15, 2014, 276 mostly Christian female students were kidnapped from a high...
‘Rosarium’: A Sestina and Other Poetry by Benjamin Thomas Cepican
. Rosarium a sestina A rose arises red from its green sheath Adorned with swords that prick and pierce: the...
‘Reprobate’s Prayer Sestina’ by Mike Bryant
I lift my eyes and pray to God above, deliver me, dear Lord, from Satan's Hell. I come to...
‘Sestina of Night’ by Karen Melander Magoon
The lamp holds sway along the shadowed streets A penumbra encircles its sweet shine As night rests softly like a...
How to Write a Sestina (with Examples and Diagrams)
by Dusty Grein The sestina originated among the troubadours of medieval France's Provence region, and the modern thirty-nine line form...
‘Sestina: Falun Dafa’ by Sylvia Telfer
In China now are shadows forged from fire, a DNA pre-history. They cloud troubled villages, rice fields, goldfish ponds....
‘The Indian Ballad Of Gitchy Naigow (A Sestina)’ by Douglas Thornton
Oh sad age, how the years will pass us by, Pass us and then our last visions refuse, Refuse us...
‘Dust, a Sestina’ by Sally Carter
The village school is cold and still. Its entrance gate is rusted shut, the playground overwhelmed by sounds of loaded...
‘The Colour of Dying’ (a Sestina) by Maroula Blades
The purple snail (Purpura patula pansa) is found in the Mixtec villages of the Oaxacan Coast in Mexico. The inhabitants...
This is a wonderful, sensitive poem with dramatic impact and a plethora of images constructed in the mind while attempting…
Good thing that you began to write, Katie, because you do it very well. I think your father would be…
My apologies for your loss, Jason. This seems a fitting tribute and stirs up many emotions when read. Grief can…
James, these memorable insightful poems are thoughtfully constructed. I do not remember seeing poems from you recently when you have…
You're so right, that "prose can't frame" the things a painting, or a poem, can; prose wasn't made for that…
