Poetry Wednesdays
Write a five stanza poem about the meaning of your name without ever using your actual name.
Write a five stanza poem about the meaning of your name without ever using your actual name.
Your topic: a spider’s web. Your form: poet’s choice.
Mark Twain said, “Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.” Write an eight line poem about wrinkles. Don’t go for the obvious choice.
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: lying in a field of wheat. Your form is: five lines using the letters of the word wheat as a starting point. W H E A T
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: the effects of commercialism on young women. Your form is: free write for ten minutes then read it over drawing out the best points and arranging the words into a sharp point using how many words necessary to create the peak. a aa aaa aaaa aaaaa aaaaaa aaaaa…
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: taxes. Your form is: one stanza of ten lines with no cliches.
Your topic is road maps. Your form is: acrostic verse