Poetry Wednesday
Your topic: candles.
Your form: carmen figuratum (shape poetry).
Your topic: candles.
Your form: carmen figuratum (shape poetry).
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: aches and pains. Your form is: eight stanzas with a minimum of three lines each. The last word of each stanza should rhyme with the last word of the following stanza.
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. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: a blessing in disguise. Your form is: One stanza of nine lines. Vary the length of each line but make every second line the same length even if you have to use extra…
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: sheer curtains and white roses. Your form is: four stanzas of four lines each and no capitals letters. Make title from first three words from first stanza.
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…
Use the following five words to compose an eight line poem: pleasure, connection, assumptions, plan, black.