I was at a poetry reading last week and one of the poets read an "eintou," which I actually had never heard of before. It seems like a cool form of poetry, and the one he read was very good, so I did some research on it. In the words of nypoets.com:
The Eintou is an African American septet syllabic/word count form consisting of 2 words/syllables the first line, 4 the second, 6 the third, 8 the fourth, 6 the fifth, 4 the sixth, and 2 the seventh. The Eintou encompasses much African American culture and philosophy, and it offers the African American poet who wishes to write in structured meter an avenue within which to do so without having to employ European structures. The term Eintou is West African for "pearl" as in pearls of wisdom, and often the Eintou imparts these pearls in heightened language.
The 2-4-6-8-6-4-2 structure of the Eintou is crucial in terms of African and African American philosophy. That is, in our culture, life is a cycle. Everything returns to that from which it originates. The concept of a pearl, which is a sphere, and the cyclic nature of the Eintou's structure captures this very poignantly. The life of the Eintou begins with two syllables or words, expands as though growing and then returns to two syllables or words. In this the Eintou, as we, never escapes its beginnings or history. We flow from, through, and ultimately return to that from which we come.
All that said, I'm about to shame the noble form of eintou and write a very bad one.
Packed in
nose-to-nose here
on the 6:10 local;
the last express was cancelled due
to "brake malfunctions" or
maybe a drunk
train crew.
The challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to write a much better eintou than the one I just wrote. And the next challenge will be done by whoever feels inspired to do it. If I have to tag someone, well...I'm sort of curious to see what therepublican has up his sleeve, since he's a writing teacher.
I was at a poetry reading last week and one of the poets read an "eintou," which I actually had never heard of before. It seems like a cool form of poetry, and the one he read was very good, so I did some research on it. In the words of nypoets.com: The Eintou is an African American septet syllabic/word count form consisting of 2 words/syllables the first line, 4 the second, 6 the third, 8 the fourth, 6 the fifth, 4 the sixth, and 2 the seventh. The Eintou encompasses much African American culture and philosophy, and it offers the African American poet who wishes to write in structured meter an avenue within which to do so without having to employ European structures. The term Eintou is West African for "pearl" as in pearls of wisdom, and often the Eintou imparts these pearls in heightened language.The 2-4-6-8-6-4-2 structure of the Eintou is crucial in terms of African and African American philosophy. That is, in our culture, life is a cycle. Everything returns to that from which it originates. The concept of a pearl, which is a sphere, and the cyclic nature of the Eintou's structure captures this very poignantly. The life of the Eintou begins with two syllables or words, expands as though growing and then returns to two syllables or words. In this the Eintou, as we, never escapes its beginnings or history. We flow from, through, and ultimately return to that from which we come. All that said, I'm about to shame the noble form of eintou and write a very bad one.Packed innose-to-nose hereon the 6:10 local;the last express was cancelled dueto "brake malfunctions" ormaybe a drunktrain crew. The challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to write a much better eintou than the one I just wrote. And the next challenge will be done by whoever feels inspired to do it. If I have to tag someone, well...I'm sort of curious to see what therepublican has up his sleeve, since he's a writing teacher.
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