Poetry Wednesday Writing Prompt
For the poetry writers (even if you don’t write poetry give it a try).
Your topic is auburn curls.
Your form is: acrostic verse The topic is also the form.
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For the poetry writers (even if you don’t write poetry give it a try).
Your topic is auburn curls.
Your form is: acrostic verse The topic is also the form.
A
U
B
U
R
N
C
U
R
L
S
Your topic: weeping mothers Your form is: Write a three stanza poem with a spoonerism in the first one and it’s alternative in the third. Example of spoonerism: a shoving leopard / a loving shepherd (W.A. Spooner)
Your topic is visual cues — do not use the words visual cues as you write. Your form is: free write one stanza of five full lines and each line continuing on to the next.
Your topic is a blood thirsty… Your form is: pleiades
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: runny mascara. Your form is: villanelle.
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: riding across country on a motorcycle. Your form is: write two stanzas using the rhyming form of ottavia rima. If the momentum suits go longer. If you want to try and further your challenge keep each line to eleven syllables. a b a b a b c c…
Your topic is: avoiding the truth. Your form is: Write a 13 line poem. Within each line there must be three words beginning with the same letter but each line must focus on a different letter. You can repeat one of the letters in the last line or repeat one of the lines for the…
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Autumn was the season she finally arrived
Underneath the late summer Tuscan sun
Beautiful green eyes peeks out beneath long eyelashes
Using the strength of her voice she announces herself
Ringing though the halls for all to hear
No one ignores her cries of displeasure
Captivated, all rush to the doorway to where she is
Using a sense of decorum, they glance inside
Ringlets of auburn curls frame her face
Lovingly the mother holds her in her arms
Smiling parents of their newborn daughter