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We Met In A Dream We met in a dream She mesmerized me. Haunted my dreams For eight long years. Then I had the last dream We will meet soon, she said. That night, she walked off the bus into my life. The Sevenling is a seven-line poem attributed to Scottish poet Roddy Lumdsten as a teaching exercise, inspired by a poem written by 20th century Ukrainian poet Anna Akhmatova. The interesting feature is not so much the structure, but the series of contrasts, as described and demonstrated in the following links: https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1072-ukraine-the-duma-the-sevenling/#seve... The Sevenling is an invented form patterned after the poem He Did Love by 20th century, Ukrainian poet, Anna Akhmatova. The verse form was named and first described by Scottish poet Roddy Lumdsten as a teaching exercise. So who is the creator, Akhmatova or Lumdsten?The Sevenling is a heptastich that includes parallels and ends with a narrative summary line similar to the 3rd line of a haiku with a juxtaposed image. The tone should suggest a little mystery, a feeling that only part of the story is being shared. One source suggests the poem should be titled "Sevenling: (first few words of poem). |
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