Ferrick Gray — This volume is not technical in the way Thĕ (Study of) Trees was presented, and is geared more to the general reader of formal poetry. The title of this collection is named after the first major poem namely Rumor Has It. The poem itself is a light-hearted observation of how society functions…

Ferrick Gray — For many of us who are considered a purist or those who enjoy what has become known as formal or structured poetry (to distinguish it from free verse poetry), the sonnet is of the type high poetry. This term was coined by T. W. H. Crosland in his The English Sonnet published…

Ferrick Gray — Today, the villanelle is accepted to be a nineteen-line poem consisting of five tercets and a final quatrain using two rimes in a specified order. Throughout the poem there are two repeated lines, called the refrain. The beauty of the villanelle lies in its song-like nature and their refrains impart this musical…