Poetry Wednesday
Your topic: candles.
Your form: carmen figuratum (shape poetry).
Your topic: candles.
Your form: carmen figuratum (shape poetry).
Compose a poem using these five words: down, equal, refine, ideas, query
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: growing up on the coast. Your form is: free verse.
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: a poem you wrote yesterday. Your form is: Oulipo.
For the poetry writers (even if you do not write poetry give it a try). Your topic is: apples. Well sort of. Your form is: Choose at least 7 apple names from this variety list. Use the names of seven varieties of apples to write about nothing to do with apples — that’s how fun…
Your topic: the blood of men. Your form: three Sapphic stanzas.
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: ice fishing. Your form is: one stanza of as many lines you need to write and leave a circle in the middle to represent the hole cut in the ice. You can make…