Poetry Wednesdays
Your topic is: Peggy’s Cove
Your form is: Villanelle
Your topic is: Peggy’s Cove
Your form is: Villanelle
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: a hypochondriac. Your form is: three stanzas of five lines each with a bridging title.
Turn the television on. Jot down the first five full sentences you hear (don’t worry it doesn’t have to be perfect) from five channels. Don’t be picky use the first full lines you hear. Review the sentences and pick three consecutive words from each line. Rearrange them in to a poem adding words as necessary…
Journal about your television habits. Include how much TV you watch, a few snippets about at least three of your favorite shows, and one mention about a canceled show you wish would make come back.
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: running in the rain. Your form is: one stanza of twelve lines. Every second line must be one word shorter than the last.
Your topic is recapturing childhood. Your form is: one free writing stanza with no punctuation only extra spaces.
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: razors Your form is: pleiades