RE: re poets as tech writers and programmers - available free

[Lori Olcott <lori_olcott -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

I have a long-standing challenge to myself to write poems that describe
how to write in that form.  "The Sonnet" is below.  I have a few more at
home that I can't recite off the top of my head.

The penning of a sonnet is a chore.
The rules of rhyme and meter are precise.
It must command attention and not bore
Your listener?s, for bombast is a vise.
Pentameter iambic calls for five
Unstressed and five stressed syllables in turn.
Tetrameter, while valid, doth derive
>From holding to a standard less than stern.
Three quatrains, each with alternating rhymes,
Establish thoughts that with a couplet close.
But if your mood Petrarchan-wise inclines,
An octet and a sextet cast your rows.
     With all these rules that hold us in their thrall,
     It?s amazing sonnets e?er get writ at all!

And yes, I know the last line starts with an extra syllable before the
first iamb.  This is a legitimate poetic device to draw emphasis to a line
or idea.  So there. ;P

- Lori

--- Collin T <tutivillus -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> Hey all-
> 
> As a poet and fiction writer I'll have to check this out.
> 
> Of course, I found the transition to Tech Writer pretty easy...so for
> anyone considering the switch?  Do the research, do the work, make the
> commitment and do it!
> 
> -Collin


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