Poetry Wednesdays
Your topic is broken pencils.
Your form is: Triplet.
Turn the television on. Jot down the first five full sentences you hear (don’t worry it doesn’t have to be perfect) from five channels. Don’t be picky use the first full lines you hear. Review the sentences and pick three consecutive words from each line. Rearrange them in to a poem adding words as necessary…
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: your spouse / partner / best friend and asking for forgiveness. Your form is: a poetic letter. Use the salutation as the title.
Your topic is: spring’s first bloom. Your form is: use the following letters to start each line. Line One: H Line Two: O Line Three: T Line Four: S Line Five: H Line Six: O Line Seven: T Line Eight: S Line Nine: S Line Ten: T Line Eleven: E Line Twelve: O
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: little girls in pink frills Your form is: Villanelle (see form layout below) Form Layout: Line One Line Two Line Three Line Four Rhymes with Line One Line Five Rhymes with Line Two Line Six Same as Line One Line Seven Rhymes with Line One Line Eight Rhymes…
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: dimples Your form is: haiku
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: addiction. Your form is: one stanza of twelve lines and six sentences. Do not name the addiction in the title or body of writing and do not use the word addiction.