Poetry Wednesdays
Your topic is kumquats in a red bowl on a table. 
Your form is: Narrative.
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: old men playing chess in the park. Your form is: cinq-cinquain.
Your topic is: something we can’t live without. Your form is: Write a 12 line poem. Within each line there must be three words beginning with the same letter but each line must focus on a different letter. You can repeat one of the letters in the last line or repeat one of the lines…
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: razors Your form is: pleiades
Randomly rip a sheet out of an old magazine (a text page, not an image page) cut it into 20 strips lengthwise and then gather the strips together and cut across thirty times. Put the pieces in a cup. Pull out 15 pieces and lay them in front of you so the text is upright….
Your topic: the blood of men. Your form: three Sapphic stanzas.
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: accidental death. Your form is: five stanza of three lines each. Each line no longer than six words (not including one or two letter words).