POETIC CATEGORIES…

TANKA STITCHES
FIVE LINES SEWN INTO SIX YARDS OF FEELING.

HAIKU DRAPE
SEVENTEEN SYLLABLES, ONE UNFOLDING PALLU.

HAIKU HEMS
PLAYS ON HAIKU’S BREVITY + HEM AS SAREE EDGE.

SENRYU SEAMS
SEAMS HOLD. SO DO SECRETS. SO DO SAREES.

FREE POEMS
UNSTITCHED FREE
SEWN NOWHERE. FLOWING EVERYWHERE.

FREE FOLD
PLAYS ON FREE VERSE + THE FOLD OF A SAREE.

RIDDLE RAVANA
PLAY ON RAVANA = TO WEEP/CHANT IN Sanskrit, also the demon-king for clever riddles.

GUESS THE DRAPE
GUESS THE DRAPE. UNRAVEL THE VERSE.

SEW WHAT? PLAYFUL, PUNNY, PERFECT FOR RIDDLE ANSWERS.

SEWN SONNET
SONNET (14 LINES)

VILLANELLE VASTRA
VILLANELLE (19 LINES, REPEATING REFRAINS)

COUPLET CREASE
COUPLET (TW0-LINE RHYMES)

ELEGY FOR AN EDGE
ELEGY (MOURNING POEM)

LIMERICK LOOMS
LIMERICK (HUMOROUS, 5 LINES)

GHAZAL GATHER
GHAZAL (REPEATED REFRAIN + COUPLETS)