tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post6960637438412330132..comments2024-02-05T15:01:44.563-05:00Comments on Cleveland Poetics: a place for cleveland's writers and readers: Review: Amaze:The Cinquain Journal, 2007 Annualmichael salingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717310933948991992noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-78327380362213841732009-01-25T20:41:00.000-05:002009-01-25T20:41:00.000-05:00The newest issue just went up:http://www.amaze-cin...The newest issue just went up:<BR/><BR/>http://www.amaze-cinquain.com/Issue_16_6-no-2/index.htm<BR/><BR/>Everyone should check it out. J. E. Stanley's in it, along with many other solid poets.pottygokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03530399360457624135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-2616771520494093612009-01-25T20:30:00.000-05:002009-01-25T20:30:00.000-05:00While I must acknowledge a slight conflict of inte...While I must acknowledge a slight conflict of interest here, I'd recommend this collection to anyone. The cinquain has become my favorite of the form poems. While cinquains have now been in more publications than I could list here, Amaze is the only journal devoted exclusively to this form. That said, the poetry here transcends the form and makes this book more than worth reading just for the words themselves. <BR/><BR/>The cinquain form actually embodies a surprising degree of flexibility. Though often compared to haiku and tanka, the cinquain is much freer (not bound by the rules of seasonal references, juxtaposed imagery etc. even though many cinquains do include those elements). The nature of these poems can be narrative, observational, imagistic or whatever the poet's imagination can come up with. Plus, at least for me, the cinquain's use of titles, punctuation and normal English syntax tends to make it a more "writer-friendly" and "reader-friendly" form than haiku.<BR/><BR/>The only change I would like to see is for Deborah P Kolodji, the editor of Amaze, to include more of her own poems. I understand why some editors are hesitant when it comes to including their own work. However, Kolodji is not only the foremost proponent of the cinquain but is also a very accomplished practitioner of it.<BR/><BR/>Again, a very highly recommended collection.J.E. Stanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-89171588286557139502009-01-13T12:59:00.000-05:002009-01-13T12:59:00.000-05:00This blog helped inspire my somewhat whimsical new...This blog helped inspire <A HREF="http://crisisblog.crisischronicles.com/2009/01/13/3-winter-windows-with-cinquain.aspx" REL="nofollow">my somewhat whimsical new blog</A>. Thanks, Josh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-90927546624339414682009-01-11T23:45:00.000-05:002009-01-11T23:45:00.000-05:00Thanks for posting this review! I like the tantali...Thanks for posting this review! I like the tantalizing and varied selection of cinquains you've chosen to entice the reader to investigate the cinquain form and this superb collection Deborah P. Kolodji has assembled.<BR/><BR/>RoxanneROXANNE HOFFMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01692002974827319982noreply@blogger.com