Poetry Wednesdays
Write a poem about a childhood friend. Include seven stanzas, one for each day of the week, and make a personal reference to your friend in each one. Title the poem after an activity you enjoyed doing together.

Write a poem about a childhood friend. Include seven stanzas, one for each day of the week, and make a personal reference to your friend in each one. Title the poem after an activity you enjoyed doing together.

Your topic: it does not have to be the main topic but you must mention the word “unicorn”. Your form is: Write a three stanza poem with a spoonerism in the first one and its alternative in the third. Example of spoonerism: a shoving leopard / a loving shepherd (W.A. Spooner)
Your topic is guilty conscience. Your form is: free!
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: blue. Your form is: one thirteen stanza poem. Direction A: each line must contain a word that represents the feelings of being blue. Direction B: each line must contain a different name for the color blue.
Your topic is: a French maid looking out a window Your form is: Ballad
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: ice fishing. Your form is: one stanza of as many lines you need to write and leave a circle in the middle to represent the hole cut in the ice. You can make…
Your topic is visual cues — do not use the words visual cues as you write. Your form is: free write one stanza of five full lines and each line continuing on to the next.