Your topic is: bruises
Your form is: Bouts-Rimés
How it works. I give you a list of rhyming words for the end of a specific line in each stanza and you write a coherent poem using the words at the end of each line.
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.
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)
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: running in the rain. Your form is: one stanza of twelve lines. Every second line must be one word shorter than the last.
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.
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: enjoying speed. 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. It can be a short peak like shown or wider. a aa…
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: ant bites. Your form is: one stanza of eight lines, one line per bite.