Poetry Wednesdays
For the poetry writers.
Your topic is: running a marathon
Your form is: haiku
Form layout:
Line One โ Five Syllables
Line Two โ Seven Syllables
Line Three โ Five Syllables
For the poetry writers.
Your topic is: running a marathon
Your form is: haiku
Form layout:
Line One โ Five Syllables
Line Two โ Seven Syllables
Line Three โ Five Syllables
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: loss of power Your form is: cinquain Form layout: Line One – Two Syllables Line Two – Four Syllables Line Three – Six Syllables Line Four – Eight Syllables Line Five – Two Syllables Example by Adelaide Crapsey Listen… With faint dry sound, Like steps of passing ghosts,…
Mark Twain said, “Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.” Write an eight line poem about wrinkles. Don’t go for the obvious choice.
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: the ring Your form is: Pantoum (see form below) Ex: Line One Line Two Line Three Line Four Line Five same as Line Two Line Six Line Seven same as Line Four Line Eight Line Nine same as Line Six Line Ten Line Eleven same as Line Eight…
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: a better version of yourself. Your form is: two stanzas of eight lines. Each line of the first stanza must rhyme with the sister line in the next stanza.
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. Your topic is: a rusty chain. Your form is: three stanza of three lines each. The first word of the first line of each stanza must be the last word of the third line in the second and third stanza. The last one must scoop back around to the last line…