Poetry Wednesdays
Your topic: self inflicted burns
Your form: sestina
Your topic: green fingers. Your form: five Pantoum stanzas.
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Write a poem using the words in the following two stanzas. The word does not have to be first in line but do not switch between lines. The title is a suggestion and can be changed…
For the poetry writers (even if don’t write poetry give it a try). Your topic is: flying on an airplane to a funeral. Your form is: lilibonelle.
Journal about your television habits. Include how much TV you watch, a few snippets about at least three of your favorite shows, and one mention about a canceled show you wish would make come back.
Your topic: weeping mothers Your form is: Write a three stanza poem with a spoonerism in the first one and it’s alternative in the third. Example of spoonerism: a shoving leopard / a loving shepherd (W.A. Spooner)
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: long eyelashes Your form is: Lune (the English alternative to the Japanese Haiku) Brief description: 13 syllable (5 / 3 / 5) with no capitals or punctuation. Topic is not limited to nature. ex: they are given to hold close, not air, not each other * reference: Handbook…