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 words from your list as you go along. Pick three words from within your free write for the title.
Your topic is: Peggy’s Cove Your form is: Villanelle
Your topic is a silver goblet. Your form is: whitney
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,…
Your topic: the secret society that children have amongst themselves. Your form: cinq-cinquain.
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: your spouse / partner / best friend and asking for forgiveness. Your form is: a poetic letter. Use the salutation as the title.
For the poetry writers (even if don’t write poetry give it a try). Your topic is: foreign vacation. Your form is: Bouts-Rimes. And your seven rhyming words in order are: Bedsprings Ceilings Trappings Etchings Cravings Rumblings Heartstrings