Directory of Sevenling Resources

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A poem of seven lines inspired by a poem by Anna Akhmatova. The first three lines contain three elements (names, objects, etc.), the second three lines another three elements, and the last line some sort of denouement. Although no meter or rhyme scheme is specified, the poem is normally divided into two three-line stanzas and a solitary seventh line.

Resources in This Category

• Five Sevenlings

  http://www.unf.edu/mudlark/flashes/alexie.html
  By Sherman Alexie. In Mudlark Flash No. 48 (January 2009).

• Flying South for Winter

  http://www.eclectica.org/v12n2/bethel.html
  A sevenling by Nicolette Bethel. In Eclectica Magazine v12n2.

• Four Sevenlings

  http://poetry.about.com/library/bl1105ibpc2.htm
  By Yolanda Calderon-Horn. Second Place Winner, November 2005 InterBoard Poetry Competition.

• Sevenling (He lived for)

  http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2011/06/poetry_sevenling_he_lived_for.html
  By Rodger Moody. Published on The Oregonian Web site, June 10, 2011.

• The Poets Collective: Sevenling

  http://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/sevenling/
  A description of the form with the poem by Anna Akhmatova that inspired it, plus two examples.

 

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