{"id":435,"date":"2014-10-22T12:48:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T17:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lyndalambert.com\/?p=435"},"modified":"2014-10-22T13:15:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T18:15:03","slug":"you-can-write-a-pantoum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/you-can-write-a-pantoum\/","title":{"rendered":"YOU can write a Pantoum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Would you like to learn a new way to CREATE \u00a0a poem?<\/p>\n

Why not think of your FAVORITE WORD and let’s see where we can go from there.<\/p>\n

Let’s write a PANTOUM.<\/p>\n

What is a Pantoum?<\/em><\/p>\n

The Pantoum is a verse form that originated in France in the nineteenth century. It was influenced by the Malayan Pantum verse form.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The first two lines of each quatrain present an image or an illusion.<\/em><\/p>\n

The second two lines of each quatrain convey the theme and meaning and may not necessarily have an obvious connection with the first two lines.<\/em><\/p>\n

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HOW to GET STARTED on your Pantoum Poem?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I like this form because it repeats everything twice. This gives the poem a feeling of the passage of time; it slows down the pace and gives the sense that there is some \u201cbreathing space\u201d when it is read.\u00a0. Breath is an important consideration in your poems. \u00a0Try to write in a way that gives the reader a pause. \u00a0The Pantoum will do this due to its continuous repetition. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

This form is cyclical rather than linear.\u00a0 It\u2019s the perfect form for themes such as Nature, the recurring seasons, history, mythology, and reflection on memories.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>The first thing to do will be to choose a theme that will work with the repetition of the form.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Group the lines into quatrains (4-line stanzas)<\/em><\/p>\n

The final line of the LAST \u00a0QUATRAIN \u00a0in the \u00a0Pantoum will be the SAME \u00a0as the FIRST LINE \u00a0in the first quatrain. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The poem may have any number of quatrains.<\/em><\/p>\n

this gives you ample opportunities to write your story.<\/p>\n

Lines can be\u00a0any length.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Pantoum can rhyme or not. I prefer for my poems to NOT rhyme because I don’t want to limit \u00a0the possibilities or force restrictions on the imagery.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

If you choose to rhyme the Pantoum, then it will be \u201cabab\u201d <\/strong>in each quatrain.<\/em><\/p>\n

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How to Write the Form?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let’s begin now!<\/p>\n

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Write a four line quatrain following the advice I have given above.<\/em><\/p>\n

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For the 2nd<\/sup> quatrain:<\/em><\/p>\n

Lines 2 and 4 of the first quatrain will become lines 1 and 3 in the second quatrain. Then, write lines 1 and 3 of this quatrain.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0You will repeat this form and create as many quatrains as you need for your poem.<\/em><\/p>\n

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How to END your Pantoum?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For the FINAL QUATRAIN:<\/em><\/p>\n

Line 1:\u00a0 Repeat line 2 of the quatrain above your FINAL quatrain.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Line 2:\u00a0 Repeat line 3 of the FIRST quatrain.<\/em><\/p>\n

Line 3: Repeat Line 4 of the quatrain above the final quatrain.<\/em><\/p>\n

Line 4:\u00a0 Repeat Line 1 of the first quatrain. (Your Pantoum begins and ends <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 with the same line.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Make sure when you write that first opening line of your poem that it is powerful enough to be the ending thought in your poem. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Here is my EXAMPLE of a Pantoum. I wrote it this week. I chose my favorite word, \u201cHirsch\u201d as the image I wanted to write about in this poem.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHirsch\u201d is the German word for \u201cdeer.\u201d It is my FAVORITE word.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>*******<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cder Hirsch\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Blog_2014_October_Deer_Photo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Aubergine fields reflect the Red Blood Moon.<\/p>\n

Throughout, a bracing October night.<\/p>\n

Transformed, Yellow Crownbeard\u2019s lemon-flowers<\/p>\n

Turned to thorny, dark, violet-brown seed pods.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Throughout a bracing October night<\/p>\n

\u201cI sense slight movements near the Willow tree.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turned to thorny, dark, violet-brown seed pods.<\/p>\n

\u201cTonight, we watch the sky for celestial clues.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cI sense slight movements near the Willow tree.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen to swift waters surging downstream<\/p>\n

\u201cTonight, we watch the sky for celestial clues.\u201d<\/p>\n

der Hirsch strides silently on damp fall leaves.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Listen to swift waters surging downstream<\/p>\n

\u201cTonight, we watch the sky for celestial clues.\u201d<\/p>\n

der Hirsch strides silently on damp leaves<\/p>\n

\u201cI long to follow you \u2013 Come away my beloved!\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Blog_RedBloodMoon_\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cTonight, we watch the sky for celestial clues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Transformed, Yellow Crownbeard\u2019s lemon-flowers<\/p>\n

\u201cI long to follow you – Come away my beloved!\u201d<\/p>\n

Aubergine fields reflect the Red Blood Moon.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

_____ by Lynda McKinney Lambert_____<\/p>\n

Written October 2014<\/p>\n

Copyright 2014. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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