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: bruises Your form is: Bouts-Rimés How it works. I give you a list of rhyming words for the end of a specific line in each stanza and you write a coherent poem using the words at the end of each line. bruise man choose plan felon just melon dust worry matter hurry…
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: a middle aged interracial couple in love. Your form is: a triolet.
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: blue. Your form is: one thirteen stanza poem. Direction A: each line must contain a word that represents the feelings of being blue. Direction B: each line must contain a different name for the color blue.
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: enjoying speed. Your form is: free write for ten minutes then read it over drawing out the best points and arranging the words into a sharp point using how many words necessary to create the peak. It can be a short peak like shown or wider. a aa…
Your topic: it does not have to be the main topic but you must mention the word “unicorn”. Your form is: Write a three stanza poem with a spoonerism in the first one and its alternative in the third. Example of spoonerism: a shoving leopard / a loving shepherd (W.A. Spooner)
Your topic is: loons on a lake. Your form is: haiku.
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silver and brass
reminds me of mother earth
christmas decorations remembrance of old mirth
shiny and bright celebrations of Christ’s birth
silver and brass pretty for my hair
accentuates what I wear
while on my way to the Holiday Fair
eyes won’t hurt while they stare
Barbara Tilghman