Charlie's Poetry Hootenanny

Shape poetry or concrete poetry is s type of poetry where the shape of the image contributes as much to the meaning as its words. “Acrobats”...

The sestina is another rigid type of poetry that uses repetition to spectacular effects. The sestina follows a strict pattern of the repetit...

Haiku’s have a very rigid format. It must be three lines of 5 syllables, 7 syllables and 5 syllables. “An old silent pond” is among one of t...

McGonagall was the world champion in slam poetry in 2006 and is famous for creating poetry that relates the world we live in. Many times, th...

The Pantoum is very similar to the Villanelle as it also originated in France and involves the use of repetition. Pantoum’s these days can b...

Villanelle’s are incredibly confusing and convoluted with a whole set of very specific rules. The first rule is that the entire poe...

Keat’s To Autumn doesn’t seem to have any deeper meaning. It is merely a vivid description of autumn. The images Keat presents are beautiful...