Poetry Wednesdays
Your topic is a blood thirsty…
Your form is: pleiades
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. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: yearning for spring. Your form is: Whitney.
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: the undying friendship between two boys. Your form is: Skeltonic Verse (each line has three to six words and the last word rhymes with the last word of the line prior. Go with the flow with the rhyming switching off when it feels right to you). Excerpt example…
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: aches and pains. Your form is: eight stanzas with a minimum of three lines each. The last word of each stanza should rhyme with the last word of the following stanza.
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. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: supporting yourself for the first time. Your form is: sestina.