Poetry Wednesdays
For the poetry writers.
Your topic is: racing through town.
Your form is: conversational poem, 3 stanzas, have the person who starts the conversation end it.
For the poetry writers.
Your topic is: racing through town.
Your form is: conversational poem, 3 stanzas, have the person who starts the conversation end it.
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: being lost (can be emotional or physical or both). Your form is: minimum of three stanzas of three lines each. Each a-line must start with a five letter word. Each b-line must start with the same letter. Each c-line must use the last word of a-line within it….
Randomly rip a sheet out of an old magazine (a text page, not an image page) cut it into 20 strips lengthwise and then gather the strips together and cut across thirty times. Put the pieces in a cup. Pull out 15 pieces and lay them in front of you so the text is upright….
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: God (or whatever representation of a spiritual deity that you use) and the big mistake. Your form is: a poetic letter. Use the salutation as the title i.e. Dear God.
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: silver and brass. Your form is: free write for fifteen minutes then edit it down to eight lines and two stanzas.
Your topic is raging hormones. Your form is: Bridging Title.
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…