For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise.
Your topic is: hot steamy showers.
Your form is: free write for fifteen minutes about topic. Go through afterwards and put a line through any groups of three words until you can whittle it down to a nine line stanza.
Your topic is avalanche. Your form is: couplet
Your topic is broken pencils. Your form is: Triplet.
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: little girls in pink frills Your form is: Villanelle (see form layout below) Form Layout: Line One Line Two Line Three Line Four Rhymes with Line One Line Five Rhymes with Line Two Line Six Same as Line One Line Seven Rhymes with Line One Line Eight Rhymes…
Your topic: snow storms. Your form: cinq-cinquain.
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: white and red stripes. Your form is: Cinq-Cinquain.