Written Tales

Written Tales Our goal, help bring literature back to the forefront through poetry and short story.

Written Tales follows the Villanelle from early songs to modern poets, then pauses on its looping lines before inviting ...
04/18/2026

Written Tales follows the Villanelle from early songs to modern poets, then pauses on its looping lines before inviting writers to try repeating what keeps returning to the page again.

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Written Tales follows the Villanelle from early songs to modern poets, then pauses on its looping lines before inviting writers to try repeating what keeps returning to the page again.

Written Tales introduces the Ottava Rima, tracing its path from Italy through Spain and England, grounding the form in h...
04/16/2026

Written Tales introduces the Ottava Rima, tracing its path from Italy through Spain and England, grounding the form in history while inviting writers back to the page to practice together.

https://writtentales.com/meet-the-ottava-rima-poem/

Written Tales introduces the Ottava Rima, tracing its path from Italy through Spain and England, grounding the form in history while inviting writers back to the page to practice together.

Written Tales notes the early drafts arriving each week, familiar habits on the page, then gently urges writers beyond c...
04/16/2026

Written Tales notes the early drafts arriving each week, familiar habits on the page, then gently urges writers beyond comfort to feel how form steadies even so-called free verse again.

https://writtentales.com/writers-help-lets-begin-with-poetry/

Written Tales notes the early drafts arriving each week, familiar habits on the page, then gently urges writers beyond comfort to feel how form steadies even so-called free verse again.

Written Tales walks through the shape of a Tanka, lingering on its sensory openings and the pivot line that turns the po...
04/14/2026

Written Tales walks through the shape of a Tanka, lingering on its sensory openings and the pivot line that turns the poem, using a brief example to show how the form gathers its weight.

https://writtentales.com/tanka-poems-how-to-write-them-with-examples/

Written Tales walks through the shape of a Tanka, lingering on its sensory openings and the pivot line that turns the poem, using a brief example to show how the form gathers its weight.

This Written Tales feature introduces the quatrain—four lines, fifteen forms, infinite emotion. It is a frame for the rh...
04/12/2026

This Written Tales feature introduces the quatrain—four lines, fifteen forms, infinite emotion. It is a frame for the rhythm of daily life and the sudden changes that shape our words.

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This Written Tales feature introduces the quatrain—four lines, fifteen forms, infinite emotion. It is a frame for the rhythm of daily life and the sudden changes that shape our words.

Meet the Minute Poem — Article by Written Tales A brief, tight form takes shape through counted lines and steady rhythm,...
04/11/2026

Meet the Minute Poem — Article by Written Tales

A brief, tight form takes shape through counted lines and steady rhythm, offering poets a small frame to work within while inviting members to share what those sixty measured seconds sparked.

https://writtentales.com/meet-the-minute-poem-unique-brief-poetic-form-challenge/

A brief, tight form takes shape through counted lines and steady rhythm, offering poets a small frame to work within while inviting members to share what those sixty measured seconds sparked.

The Quiet Anatomy — Topher Shields’s Poem - Written Tales Syllables surface where lungs collapse. Light sifts through si...
04/09/2026

The Quiet Anatomy — Topher Shields’s Poem - Written Tales

Syllables surface where lungs collapse. Light sifts through silence. Something unnamed settles inside the scar, humming through marrow shaped by fracture, held quiet beneath the weight of what remains.

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Syllables surface where lungs collapse. Light sifts through silence. Something unnamed settles inside the scar, humming through marrow shaped by fracture, held quiet beneath the weight of what remains.

In Leo’s Bedroom — David Sydney’s Short Fiction - Written Tales The quiet room and short visits. A bedside gathering pla...
04/07/2026

In Leo’s Bedroom — David Sydney’s Short Fiction - Written Tales

The quiet room and short visits. A bedside gathering plays out in low light, where each relative takes a turn, speaking their words, and then sitting in the silence.

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The quiet room and short visits. A bedside gathering plays out in low light, where each relative takes a turn, speaking their words, and then sitting in the silence.

Scratchy Love — Arvilla Fee’s Short Fiction - Written Tales A girl counts down four weeks in a group room with folding c...
04/05/2026

Scratchy Love — Arvilla Fee’s Short Fiction - Written Tales

A girl counts down four weeks in a group room with folding chairs, a prickly counselor, and notebooks full of assignments, while the words “aged out” sit unanswered in her lap.

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A girl counts down four weeks in a group room with folding chairs, a prickly counselor, and notebooks full of assignments, while the words “aged out” sit unanswered in her lap.

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