Poetry Wednesdays
Your topic is: a mother’s breast
Your form is: Waltz Wave
Your topic is: a mother’s breast
Your form is: Waltz Wave
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: the man in black. Your form is: one stanza of nine lines with no punctuation. Put an extra five spaces after each fifth word or eighth word.
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: peppermint tea… Your form is: make a perfect square using extra spaces. i.e.
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: sour milk and strained peaches. Your form is: one stanza of 9 lines. Following this rhyming pattern for the last word of each line. A – A B – B C – A…
Your topic: candles. Your form: carmen figuratum (shape poetry).
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.
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…