Poetry Wednesdays
Your topic: a spider’s web.
Your form: poet’s choice.
Your topic: a spider’s web.
Your form: poet’s choice.
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: running a marathon Your form is: haiku Form layout: Line One – Five Syllables Line Two – Seven Syllables Line Three – Five Syllables
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Write a poem using the words in the following three stanzas. The word does not have to be first in line but do not switch lines. The title is a suggestion and can be changed only…
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)
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.
For the poetry writers (even if you don’t write poetry give it a try). Your topic is: saying goodbye. Your form is: Cinquain
Your topic is: growing tomatoes. Your form is: Write a 8 line poem (divide into 2 stanzas of unequal lines) without using the word “red”.