Pick a topic from List 1.
Pick a form from List 2 (don't worry, they're linked to explanations!).
Stretch your muscles a little this week and get out of your poetic comfort zone.
And, if you're really daring -- roll two dice and commit yourself to writing what comes up.
List One: Topics
1. Nature
2. Love
3. Death
4. Shapes
5. Religion
6. Science
List Two: Poetic Forms
1. Pleiades
2. Cinquain
3. Sonnet (Your choice of Shakespearian or Petrarchan!)
4. Burmese Climbing Rhyme or Haiku
5. Prose Poem
6. Anaphora
Pick a form from List 2 (don't worry, they're linked to explanations!).
Stretch your muscles a little this week and get out of your poetic comfort zone.
And, if you're really daring -- roll two dice and commit yourself to writing what comes up.
List One: Topics
1. Nature
2. Love
3. Death
4. Shapes
5. Religion
6. Science
List Two: Poetic Forms
1. Pleiades
2. Cinquain
3. Sonnet (Your choice of Shakespearian or Petrarchan!)
4. Burmese Climbing Rhyme or Haiku
5. Prose Poem
6. Anaphora
Fun!
ReplyDeleteAnd if forms are scary, I've found that even trying to mess with the form and then abandoning it at a halfway point can still lead to some interesting effects. It's kind of like there's a ghost of the form left in the poem...