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“DUE TO LITTLE INTEREST SHOWN,”

Sessions are on hold until further
notice; maybe, resuming this year.
Anyone interested, message me.

I wish you all “HAPPIEST WRITING.”

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SESSION NINE
“LA KADUTA”
Wednesday, January 7th, 2026

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The La Kaduta is a short, quick, fun form to compose in.
It can be about anything, leaving one’s creative side
completely open to its freewheeling whimsies.

La Kaduta
Original form created by
Richard W.…Read More

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“SESSIONS ARE HELD WEDNESDAYS”
Our next weekly session will be on
Wednesday, December 31th, 2025.
Taking a break for the holidays.
“MERRY CHRISTMAS, ONE & ALL!”
and “A HAPPY NEW YEAR’S EVE!”

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SESSION EIGHT
🍀 THE IRISH LIMERICK 🍀
Wednesday, December 17th, 2025

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“THE LITERARILY NONSENSICAL LIMERICK”
Most limericks are comedic, some are downright crude, and nearly all are trivial in nature.
To me, what makes the Limerick so universally appealing is the combination of…Read More

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SESSION SEVEN
“POETRY, A FEW IMPORTANT BASICS”
Wednesday, December 10th, 2025

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“WHAT EVERY POETESS OR POET SHOULD KNOW”
by RW Jenkins, MFA ©2004

If one’s goal or wish is to ever master the true art of poetry (as in any art form), whether it’s in oils, watercolor, or acrylic…Read More

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SESSION SIX
The “BI-TRILLETS” form.
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025

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I had planned to teach this session on Meter, or more specifically “Poetic Meter”, which entails getting into some rather complex technical issues.
But, since we’ve been rather saturated with technicalities of late…Read More

Hi, Sam Nash

Welcome to “Back to Poetry Basics” … and, thank you for joining-in.

You can take part in any of the previous lessons or jump right in on the current “Poetic Voice” lesson.
Our new lesson, beginning, Wednesday, December 3rd, will be on “Meter”.

if you have any requests or ideas,let me know and we’ll do it! ⁓ Richard

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SESSION FIVE
Wednesday, November 26th, 2025
This session is “The MAGIC of POETIC VOICE.”

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WHAT IN THE HECK “IS” The MAGIC of POETIC VOICE?
by Richard W. Jenkins, MFA
©2002

After reading, closely studying, and writing poetry with considerable depth for many ye…Read More

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SESSION FOUR
Wednesday, November 19th, 2025
This session will be on the Japanese Senryu form.

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SENRYU 川柳
(sin-rew)

A Japanese 3-line, unrhymed form of mostly human theme, similar to the Haiku in that it consists of 3-lines of 5/7/5 syllables each, completely without punct…Read More

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SESSION THREE
Wednesday, November 11th, 2025
This session will be on the Free Verse form.

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FREE VERSE

Because its unrhymed without a set meter or syllable count, the Free Verse is considered the most versatile poetic forms, but to be powerfully effective, t must flow smoothly…Read More

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SESSION THREE
Wednesday, November 5th, 2025
This session (by request) will be on the Japanese Haiku form.

Haiku 俳句
(by Western rules)

An unrhymed Japanese poetic form recording or expressing the essence of a moment, that at fist blush might appear to be quite simple, yet is far from it. Still, it is far l…Read More

Submittted by: Twofiftythree
SENT 23 HOURS, 20 MINUTES AGO
think I got it with this one…

the world goes quiet when I think of you
as if the noise remembers to be kind
the pulse slows down the edges soften too
and somethin steadier begins to bind

I’ve spent my life in motion hard and fast
chasin the fire never once the pea…Read More

GOODNESS, TFT!
Now, THAT is a proper Sonnet … it’s obvious you’ve done your homework.
Your creativity sparks, emotion sings, and diction dances. And, I like your use of elision. Could use a bit’a punctuation.
See critique and edits below:

I said I don’t do THIS. POems that behave (STRESS-STRESS / a count long)
that count their beats and…Read More

OUR FIRST ’BACK TO POETRY BASICS’ SESSION:
“LEARNING & UNDERSTANDING THE ENGLISH SONNET”
by Richard W. Jenkins
© 22 Oct, 2025

DETAILS OF THE ENGLISH [Shakespearean] SONNET
(taking notes for reference is a very good idea)

A bit of interesting and awakening study is ahead, but it will be for this first time only in order to fami…Read More

On our group “BACK TO POETIC BASICS” we’lll soon be covering anything poetry anyone wants to address.

We will meet here once a week each Wednesday beginning October 22nd, 2025. Our first session will begin with the Sonnet.
If you would like to get a headstart, checkout

And, if you watched the…Read More