Poetry Wednesdays
For the poetry writers.
Your topic is: Darwin
Your form is: haiku
Form layout:
Line One – Five Syllables
Line Two – Seven Syllables
Line Three – Five Syllables
Your topic is mossy trees. Your form is: couplet
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.
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: mischief and weekenders. Your form is: five stanzas of five equally spaced lines — name piece after a weekend i.e. “October 13, 2012”.
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: lawnmowers and summer haze. Your form is: three stanzas of three lines each. The last word of the first line of each stanza must be the first word of the third line in the second and third stanza. The last one must scoop back around to the last…
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: hate speech. Your form is: abecedarian. Except instead of using the alphabet use each letter of the first line of poem.
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: butter and buns. Your form is: Make a list of ten words that come to mind after reading the topic. Free write for fifteen minutes about the topic and add each of the…