Poetry Wednesdays
Your topic is kumquats in a red bowl on a table. 
Your form is: Narrative.
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: growing up on the coast. Your form is: free verse.
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: sour milk and strained peaches. Your form is: one stanza of 9 lines. Following this rhyming pattern for the last word of each line. A – A B – B C – A…
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: running in the rain. Your form is: one stanza of twelve lines. Every second line must be one word shorter than the last.
Compose a poem using the following stanza formation and words. The words can be moved around within the line and you can change the tense of the word if necessary. The dots are used to designate new lines and are not to be used in your final piece: obsessive tourmaline wrought musing drive eye lonely…
Your topic: self inflicted burns Your form: sestina
For the poetry writers (even if you don’t write poetry give it a try). Your topic is auburn curls. Your form is: acrostic verse The topic is also the form. A U B U R N C U R L S