Mortaine’s Blog

As you know, this month is my poetry contest (and yes, I’m going to pimp that thing all month long). Well, it’s not just a challenge for you– it’s also a challenge for me.

I’m going to write another sestina, and I’m going to let you pick the ending words for the stanzas. I’ll do this in two polls: the first is to get a list of words. The second is to vote on which list will make the best/funniest/most touching sestina.

What is a Sestina?
A sestina is a poetic form in which you have six stanzas of six lines each, switching around the ending word for each line according to a specific formula. There is no set rhythm to a sestina (so, no iambic pentameter to worry about here), but most poets use some form of rhythmic regularity. I haven’t in this one, except to try not to limp too much.

Sestina resources:
Sestina Page
sestina (poetic term)
The Sestina Page (on Geocities– has popups, and a list of links, some of which are dead).
Poetry Form: Sestina

Eight years ago today, my husband and I exchanged very special letters of love with each other. In them, we expressed what we wanted from our relationship, whether we wanted to be “exclusive” with each other. How we felt about each other.

I won’t go into everything that led up to that day. It was an interesting journey, to say the least. And it continues to be so, even today.

Anyway, today is the anniversary of that day, and I just want to wish my sweetie a Happy Commitment Anniversary!

Love you more today than ever.