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.

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: sugar cubes and broken tea cups. Your form is: sedoka.
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).
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: unrequited love. Your form is: free write for fifteen minutes then develop it into a block poem of seven lines.
Use the partial phrase, “fancy does you good” at least three times in a five stanza poem. You can use any variation of the phrase that you wish but it must appear three times in three separate stanzas.
Your topic is road maps. Your form is: acrostic verse