Week 5: Mix and Match

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