Poetry Wednesdays
Your topic: the sharp edge of a sword
Your form: dorsimbra.
Your topic: the blood of men. Your form: three Sapphic stanzas.
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: garters and pearls. Your form is: Free write for fifteen minutes about the topic and then go through and pick out especially good sentences (or phrases) and make them into a seven line…
Many have said that they would like to pick the moment of their death whiles others admit they wouldn’t like to know. Today, write a death poem about when it is acceptable in your heart for you to die. Keep in mind as you write, “If I could choose when would it be”. Use the…
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: a better version of yourself. Your form is: two stanzas of eight lines. Each line of the first stanza must rhyme with the sister line in the next stanza.
Your topic is: swimming at the lake. Your form is: whitney
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: ice fishing. Your form is: one stanza of as many lines you need to write and leave a circle in the middle to represent the hole cut in the ice. You can make…