The sestina is a poetic form that immediately declares itself to the eye. In the days when it was sung, it must have taken a while longer (say six lines?) for that "aha" moment to dawn on the audience ...

Most people, who don't delve into the different aspects of poetry, have no idea about any of the different sequences and types of poetry that someone can write. Many of these people make a rhyming ...

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In this ‘spoken word sestina’ with sexual, racial and social overtones, Agbabi plays with shifts of meaning as the speaker bears himself in a monologue It’s not like you don’t turn me on. Every time ...