Poetry Wednesdays
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: swimming with dolphins.
Your form is: haiku.
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: swimming with dolphins.
Your form is: haiku.
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: sweet liquors and stilettos. Your form is: one stanza of 11 lines. Start each sentence off with a word starting with the specified letters below. * S * D * A * P…
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: places that you have been Your form is: A list. Not just any list. They must relate in some way other than the obvious (the topic I’ve given you pretty much relates but see if you can find another relation as you write) and the list must be…
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: runny mascara. Your form is: villanelle.
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: army camp. Your form is: three stanzas of five lines each. Every line should have nine words (words less than three letters do not count).
Your topic is: simplicity Your form is: Tanka — five lines with or without syllable counting 1. short line / 5 syllables 2. long line / 7 syllables 3. short line / 5 syllables 4. long line / 7 syllables 5. long line / 7 syllables Example: Is the inlaid box With a gilt hasp…
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: finding out that you have been cheated. Your form is: write two stanzas using the rhyming form of ottavia rima. If the momentum suits go longer. If you want to try and further your challenge keep each line to eleven syllables. a b a b a b c…