Poetry Wednesday
Your topic is: a young boy’s love for Peggy, Megan and Louise.
Your form is: Ballad
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: dewy mornings Your form is: conversational poem, 3 stanzas, have the person who starts the conversation end it Example: Like Day and Night Did you know it’s been dewy every morning? No, is that a problem? It’s not that it’s a problem. Really, it’s quite beautiful. Ah, the…
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: army camp. Your form is: three stanzas of five lines each. Every line should have nine words (words less than three letters do not count).
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…
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: stars and stripes. Your form is: haiku (5-7-5) x five stanzas.
Your topic is the end of summer (or the beginning of fall). Your form is: carmina figurata Here’s and example, Robert Herrick’s The Pillar of Fame: Fame’s pillar here, at last, we set Out-during marble, brass, or jet, Charm’d and enchanted so As to withstand the blow Of overthrow: Nor shall the seas, Or OUTRAGES…
Your topic is: first dance Your form is: The Alphabet — As you write your poem the beginning of each line must correspond with the next letter of the alphabet. Don’t worry. It’s easier than it sounds. You can have a new sentence for each line or break up a sentence to get the letter…