Poetry Wednesday
Your topic is guilty conscience.
Your form is: free!
Your topic is guilty conscience.
Your form is: free!
Your topic is mossy trees. Your form is: couplet
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. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: supporting yourself for the first time. Your form is: sestina.
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: dating. Your form is: repeat a word from each line in the matching lines as below. The word can be placed anywhere throughout the line. a b c a b c a b…
For the poetry writers. Your topic is: a woman with brown hair Your form is: Skeltonic Verse (each line has three to six words and the last word rhymes with the last word of the line prior. Go with the flow with the rhyming switching off when it feels right to you). Excerpt example from…
For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: reunited lost loves. Your form is: three stanzas of five lines each with the following: * last word of third stanza starts here. * * * A * B * last word of…