Poetry Wednesdays
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: the art of punishing a child.
Your form is: ghazal
Randomly rip a sheet out of an old magazine (a text page, not an image page) cut it into 20 strips lengthwise and then gather the strips together and cut across thirty times. Put the pieces in a cup. Pull out 15 pieces and lay them in front of you so the text is upright….
Your topic: self inflicted burns Your form: sestina
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: little girls in pink frills Your form is: Villanelle (see form layout below) Form Layout: Line One Line Two Line Three Line Four Rhymes with Line One Line Five Rhymes with Line Two Line Six Same as Line One Line Seven Rhymes with Line One Line Eight Rhymes…
Your topic: wet noses. Your form: haiku.
Use the following five words to compose an eight line poem: pleasure, connection, assumptions, plan, black.
Your topic is kumquats in a red bowl on a table. Your form is: Narrative.