Description
A constraint can be anything: a new poetic form, inclusions or exclusions, or a poem written around another poet’s line. It can be as confining as writing without using the letter “e” or as simple as including the name of a flower or a season. So every poem in this series includes five constraints:
• the name of a famous diamond
• an archaic or seldom-used word
• a poem set in a time that is not now
• mention two colours
• mention one article of clothing
I was much impressed with the whole collection. All the poems in the book evoke other places, persons and times with their verbal music, and never sound forced or merely quaint. The notes at the back are luxurious “value added.”
It’s stunning! Love the cover and the entire presentation, so crisp, and what beautiful paper stock. Every poem so creatively distinct from the next. Brilliant work by an extraordinary poet.
“Song of the Sixties” will, I expect, trigger multiple earworms for anyone who reads it, not to mention a flood of memories for the generation that grew up in the sixties.
Awards & Achievments
Winner - Wining Words Poetry Contest 2021
The poem "Song of the Sixties" won first place by reader choice in this contest run by Spirit of the Hills Arts Organization,
