Everything You Need to Know to Write a Sestina

Natalie Gasper
4 min readJan 8, 2021
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With many people still stuck at home, I think a challenge is in order. And there is no greater challenge than writing a sestina.

It can be a marvelous way to write a poem that explores either in depth or from multiple angles a single idea, as the poem is built around six words of your choosing.

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Natalie Gasper

Writer I Poet I Reader I Daydreamer I My poetry is in dozens of journals. When I’m not writing books, I’m writing about writing. Twitter @NatalieGasper