Poetry Wednesdays
Write a poem about a childhood friend. Include seven stanzas, one for each day of the week, and make a personal reference to your friend in each one. Title the poem after an activity you enjoyed doing together.
Write a poem about a childhood friend. Include seven stanzas, one for each day of the week, and make a personal reference to your friend in each one. Title the poem after an activity you enjoyed doing together.
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: first meeting Your form is: free writing
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: addiction. Your form is: one stanza of twelve lines and six sentences. Do not name the addiction in the title or body of writing and do not use the word addiction.
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: a poem you wrote yesterday. Your form is: Oulipo.
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
Randomly rip a sheet out of an old magazine (a text page, not an image page) cut it into 20 strips lengthwise and then gather the strips together and cut across thirty times. Put the pieces in a cup. Pull out 15 pieces and lay them in front of you so the text is upright….
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: a hypochondriac. Your form is: three stanzas — 3 lines, 5 lines, 3 lines.