In the lead-up to National Punctuation Day (September 24), we asked writers and translators to comment on their favorite mark of punctuation. Is it the question mark? The semicolon? That quiet director of traffic, the comma? Read on and share your own ode to punctuation in the comments.
Lês fierder by WLT Blog… Lês fierder
Een nieuwe serie die wekelijks een antwoord probeert te geven op de vraag Wat Maakt Een Gedicht Goed? Kun je zo’n vraag wel beantwoorden? De medewerkers van Meander zijn achtereenvolgens serieus, speels, poëtisch, humoristisch, streng, onderhoudend, kort, (iets) te lang, verlegen, duidelijk, zeker, geërgerd, motiverend, vluchtig of vragend. Het elfde antwoord komt van Inge Boulonois.
Lês fierder by Meander… Lês fierder
As ik it nijs goed begryp, sil ik wat de koroanamaatregels oanbelanget wer omstean leare moatte. De koroana makke dat we ús oan in ferskaat oan maatregels hâlde moasten. De wichtichste koene we alle kearen weroan op it buordsje dêr’t de ferantwurdlike ministers efter stiene, as piktogrammen, lêze: hanwaskje, oardel meter ôfstân hâlde, teste. Dêr kaam as lêste fentilaasje by. Mar der wie mear: yn de earmtakke hoastje, net fûstkje en al hielendal net tútsje, ruten en doarren iepen, mûlekapkes brûke en fansels by klachten thúsbliuwe. It feit dat net op alle plakken en op alle tiden deselde maatregels jilden, makke it aardich yngewikkeld.… Lês fierder
Tee is hiel ferkeard guod, kaam ik okkerdeis efter …
Ik kaam dy jûns om in oere as twa thús. Myn sydsulver hie by myn ôfwêzigens ta de tee sitten en wie poerrazend.
My mankearde neat, want ik hie yn ‘e herberch in stikmannich sliepmûtskes hân — dat ik wie sa kalm as in pûn moal.
Hja net! Moartsje en oangean as in wyld, sil ik dy fertelle. It like my de baas en gean mar op bêd.
Lês fierder by Jaap Slager… Lês fierder
Which library matches your personality? Are you an old soul like the al- Qarawlyyin library? Compassionate like the Beitou Public Library? Quirky like the Culture Perth & Kinross Mobile Library? These are just some of the libraries you could match up with, give our short quiz a go to find out!
Lês fierder by de Oxford University Press’s… Lês fierder
Ut had alles te maken met un beperkte blik. Wat kwamen Sneker jonkjes nou búten de stadsgrênzen, alles was ommers in Sneek te finen?
Lês fierder by Omrop Fryslân… Lês fierder
Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the crown of sonnets, a form that brings together seven sonnets in a special way.
OK, there are poetic challenges, and then, there are POETIC CHALLENGES! For instance, writing a six-line poem is one thing, but writing a sestina (39-line poem with six alternating end words) is another thing. This week’s poetic form is a POETIC CHALLENGE!
The crown of sonnets (also known as a corona or coronet) is a sonnet sequence. Here are the guidelines:
Lês fierder by Writer’s Digest… Lês fierder