Poetry Wednesdays
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)
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)
Your topic is kumquats in a red bowl on a table. Your form is: Narrative.
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: the ring Your form is: Pantoum (see form below) Ex: Line One Line Two Line Three Line Four Line Five same as Line Two Line Six Line Seven same as Line Four Line Eight Line Nine same as Line Six Line Ten Line Eleven same as Line Eight…
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: bad neighbors. Your form is: an irregular lined poem with at least seven words that begin with the letter “P”. Except do it single spaced, for some reason I could only do this double spaced with in the post. ex. xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx…
Your topic: the woman in the red ruffled dress. Your form: three Pantoum stanzas.
Your topic is the end of summer (or the beginning of fall). Your form is: carmina figurata Here’s and example, Robert Herrick’s The Pillar of Fame: Fame’s pillar here, at last, we set Out-during marble, brass, or jet, Charm’d and enchanted so As to withstand the blow Of overthrow: Nor shall the seas, Or OUTRAGES…
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: geography. Your form is: Haiku with a twist. Think more suburban nature than traditional nature.