Poetry Wednesdays
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: red boots.
Your form is: one stanza of four lines. The last word of each line should be repeated some where within the next line.
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: red boots.
Your form is: one stanza of four lines. The last word of each line should be repeated some where within the next line.
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. Your topic is: God (or whatever representation of a spiritual deity that you use) and the big mistake. Your form is: a poetic letter. Use the salutation as the title i.e. Dear God.
Compose a poem using the following stanza formation and words. The words can be moved around within the line and you can change the tense of the word if necessary. The dots are used to designate new lines and are not to be used in your final piece: obsessive tourmaline wrought musing drive eye lonely…
For the poetry writers (even if you don’t write poetry give it a try). Your topic is: saying goodbye. Your form is: Cinquain
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…
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: silver and brass. Your form is: free write for fifteen minutes then edit it down to eight lines and two stanzas.