gigan – Mike Wilson https://mikewilsonwriter.com Writing in the post-truth world Mon, 08 Aug 2022 22:25:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 177517995 Gigan for Moon, by Mike Wilson https://mikewilsonwriter.com/2022/08/19/gigan-for-moon-by-mike-wilson/ https://mikewilsonwriter.com/2022/08/19/gigan-for-moon-by-mike-wilson/#respond Fri, 19 Aug 2022 22:24:00 +0000 https://mikewilsonwriter.com/?p=2096

Poem by Mike Wilson, photo by Jevardh (Unsplash) A gigan is an invented form. Invented forms have become fashionable in poetry. The gigan was invented by poet Ruth Ellen Kocher and is named after a monster in Godzilla.The rules of the form are: 1. The poem is 16 lines. 2. The lines are broken into couplet, tercet, couplet, couplet, couplet, tercet, couplet. 3. Line 1 is repeated as line 11. 4. Line 6 is repeated as line 12. 5. The closing couplet puts a twist on the poem.

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Poem by Mike Wilson, photo by Jevardh (Unsplash) A gigan is an invented form. Invented forms have become fashionable in poetry. The gigan was invented by poet Ruth Ellen Kocher and is named after a monster in Godzilla.The rules of the form are: 1. The poem is 16 lines. 2. The lines are broken into couplet, tercet, couplet, couplet, couplet, tercet, couplet. 3. Line 1 is repeated as line 11. 4. Line 6 is repeated as line 12. 5. The closing couplet puts a twist on the poem.

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