Poetry Wednesday Writing Prompt
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: runny mascara.
Your form is: villanelle.
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: runny mascara.
Your form is: villanelle.
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. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: butter and buns. Your form is: Make a list of ten words that come to mind after reading the topic. Free write for fifteen minutes about the topic and add each of the…
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.
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…
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: who the future belongs to. Your form is: conversational poem, 3 stanzas, have the person who starts the conversation end it.
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: red boots. Your form is: one stanza of four lines. The last word of each line should be repeated some where within the next line.