Poetry Wednesdays
Your topic: a journey by car.
Your form: twenty-four lines.
Your topic: a journey by car.
Your form: twenty-four lines.
Your topic is a grandparent(s). Your form is: acrostic verse
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”.
Your topic is: guarantees. Your form is: pleiades.
Turn the television on. Jot down the first five full sentences you hear (don’t worry it doesn’t have to be perfect) from five channels. Don’t be picky use the first full lines you hear. Review the sentences and pick three consecutive words from each line. Rearrange them in to a poem adding words as necessary…
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: yearning for spring. Your form is: Whitney.
For the poetry writers (even if you don’t write poetry give it a try). Your topic is auburn curls. Your form is: acrostic verse The topic is also the form. A U B U R N C U R L S