The Bop is one of my favorite poetry forms. It’s something I discovered last year during the poetry marathon, although I’m going to warn you, it’s on the longer side.<\/p>\n
This is the only formal poetry prompt that is part of the Marathon. We always do one per year.<\/p>\n
The Bop was developed by Afaa Michael Weaver at a Cave Canem summer retreat a number of years ago.<\/p>\n
There are three stanzas. Each stanza is followed by a refrain (so the same statement is repeated three times).<\/p>\n
The first stanza is 6 lines long and presents a problem. The second stanza is eight lines long, and can explore or expand the problem. The third stanza is 6 lines long, and can either present a solution or document a failed attempt to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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