I just realized that a huge reason for the loss of poetic meter has been our patriarchal culture’s problem discerning patterns from rules. #poeticmeter #meteredpoetry #matriarchalpoetics #apoetscraft

this was a happy day, celebrating publication of #apoetscraft from U Michigan Press with my wonderful meter student #PatriciaSmith. I’m happy this book has helped spread awareness of poetic craft including the joys of #poeticmeter, poetic form, and #metricaldiversity! Viva the heartbeats of poetry!

yes— so you’re doing “iambic blank verse”! (just a much-needed little
shoutout for what I have termed #metricaldiversity :)

#poeticmeter #apoetscraft