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Poetry Wednesdays Writing Prompt

For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: sour milk and strained peaches. Your form is: one stanza of 9 lines. Following this rhyming pattern for the last word of each line. A – A B – B C – A [...]

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Poetry Wednesdays Writing Prompt

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.

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Poetry Wednesdays Writing Prompt

For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: white and red stripes. Your form is: Cinq-Cinquain.

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Poetry Wednesdays Writing Prompt

For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: blonde curls and rose perfume. Your form is: haiku format (5, 7, 5) for three stanzas.

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Poetry Wednesdays Writing Prompt

For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: Maggie’s Charm Bracelet. Your form is: seven stanzas, one for each charm on the bracelet.

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Poetry Wednesdays Writing Prompts

For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: arthritic hands. Your form is: nine stanzas of three to fine lines. Pull the title from the last line.

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Poetry Wednesdays Writing Prompt

For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: ice fishing. Your form is: one stanza of as many lines you need to write and leave a circle in the middle to represent the hole cut in the ice. You can make [...]

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Poetry Wednesdays Writing Prompt

For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: lying in a field of wheat. Your form is: five lines using the letters of the word wheat as a starting point. W H E A T

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Poetry Wednesdays Writing Prompt

For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: silver and brass. Your form is: free write for fifteen minutes then edit it down to eight lines and two stanzas.

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Poetry Wednesdays Writing Prompt

For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: crinolines and hoops. Your form is: five stanzas of four lines each. The second stanza must be smaller than the first and the third must be smaller than the second. Increase the fourth [...]

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Poetry Wednesdays Writing Prompt

For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: posing as someone else. Your form is: three stanzas of six lines each. The last word of the first line of each stanza must begin the first line of the next stanza (the [...]

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Poetry Wednesdays Writing Prompt

For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: something hidden in tall grass. Your form is: one stanza of nine lines alternating five and seven words per line.

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Poetry Wednesdays Writing Prompt

For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise. Your topic is: sheer curtains and white roses. Your form is: four stanzas of four lines each and no capitals letters. Make title from first three words from first stanza.

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