Poetry Wednesdays
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: New York City.
Your form is: ghazal
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Write a poem using the words in the following three stanzas. The word does not have to be first in line but do not switch lines. The title is a suggestion and can be changed only…
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: plaid shirts and wool ties. Your form is: Free write for fifteen minutes about the topic and then go through and pick out especially good sentences (or phrases) and make them into a…
Your topic is: spring’s first bloom. Your form is: use the following letters to start each line. Line One: H Line Two: O Line Three: T Line Four: S Line Five: H Line Six: O Line Seven: T Line Eight: S Line Nine: S Line Ten: T Line Eleven: E Line Twelve: O
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: the man in black. Your form is: one stanza of nine lines with no punctuation. Put an extra five spaces after each fifth word or eighth word.
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: growing up on the coast. Your form is: free verse.