Tag Archives: Robert Wynne

Invented Forms: The Lyricrostic

By Robert Wynne Hello Campers! Welcome to your post-holiday invented form missive. I’m not going to spend a long time discussing this next form, because it’s fairly self-explanatory. It’s called a Lyricrostic, and it is simply an Acrostic poem which … Continue reading

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An Informal Look at Invented Forms

By Robert Wynne Thank you for joining me! Over the past year or so, I’ve sporadically published some invented forms in this fine online journal, and I have decided to try to focus on churning out one new such column … Continue reading

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Invented Forms: The Radius

By Robert Wynne The Radius is a variable-length, syllabic form.  I was inspired to create it last year, not surprisingly, by the name of the Radius site.  Each Radius must have an even number of lines, and each line must … Continue reading

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Invented Forms: Rejection Letter

By Robert Wynne The epistolary, or letter, form has long been an option in the standard poetic toolbox, but I’ve never been particularly drawn to it. Several years ago, however, when I was a co-editor at Cider Press Review, I … Continue reading

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Poem by Robert Wynne

Stuck in Austin Traffic with the ghost of Scott Wannberg on I-35 South By Robert Wynne You notice that they renamed the lake. As if water didn’t have enough problems carrying the expectations of Christians on its shiny surface, now … Continue reading

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Invented Forms: Reflection

By Robert Wynne Our first form is called a Reflection. It’s a rhyming, syllabic form I created in 2005. A Reflection is 14 lines long, and each line has a required number of syllables as well as a place in … Continue reading

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Invented Forms

One of Radius‘ ongoing features will be the introduction of new poetic forms which, ostensibly, are completely original creations by Texas-based poet Robert Wynne and a host of other talented and clever writers. Some of the forms will be new … Continue reading

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