Ruba’i and Rubáyiat – Meeting at the Bar

August 28, 2014

Usually when I tell people that I’m interested in poetry, I see a vacant look in their faces before they …

Meeting the bar – the haibun

May 29, 2014

Hi and welcome to dVerse, today I will introduce you to a form of poetry called the haibun. It goes …

April 24, 2014

Today I thought we should try out a genre that’s a blend of journalism and poetry. When I grew up …

March 20, 2014

Welcome poets, today I thought we should learn about kennings. A kenning is a very brief metaphoric phrase or compound …

February 22, 2014

Hello everyone and happy Saturday. Today I want us to consider fables. I think we have all read fables as …