More workshops! and prose poems

Continue to do workshops for classmates.

Prose poetry?

Poetry Prompt - Write an Anaphora poem. An Anaphora is "the repetition of a word or expression several times within a clause or within a paragraph". In poetry the repetition of the phrase can be just at the beginning of each line, setting the tone as a meditation or a mantra, or it can be utilized more subtlety within the poem. The poem can be free verse or prose style.

Poetry Prompt - Write a free verse poem using "sparrows".

Poetry Prompt - Write a series of questions and answers to compose a poem.

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem that describes a walk through a house from the perspective of a child.

Poetry Prompt - Write three different impressions of "saturation". (e.g.: color, sound, aroma, urban-ness, etc.)

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem using the prompt: "chain-link fence"

Poetry Prompt - Write a three part poem using "metronome".

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem concerning the "absence" of something. Consider the absence as a positive, or a negative.

Poetry Prompt - List ten items that you would buy at an auction, or tag sale. Write a poem including those items. You may chose to title your poem, "Things Found At An Auction". Variation, have someone else create a list for you.

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem that starts with a one word title, two words in the first line, three in the next, and continues by adding one word per line. (Variation: use as a prose exercise.)

Poetry Prompt - "This and That"- Write a list of phrases such as "salt and pepper", "cats and dogs", "love and war". Write a poem with the first stanza about the first word and the second stanza about the second word.

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem based on the concept or idea of a "Mobeus strip".

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem that begins with a description of an event, telling what appears to be happening. Then give a description of what is really occurring.

Poetry Prompt - As an exercise, write a solo "renga". (Not to argue the authenticity of a renga being written by two poets - not one) A renga is a Japanese poetic form similar to haiku, but a series of stanzas linked by an idea. Please visit these pages for a full, non-confrontational definition of renga:

http://www.ahapoetry.com/renga.htm#sea

http://thewordshop.tripod.com/renga.htm

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem using, "paper and chalk".

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem using the following title: "Another Language", or "Translation".

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem using the following start: "What good is a day..."

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem about the "ultimate" poem, or what a poem "should" do.

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem in the disguise of a postcard message. Continue by writing a reply postcard message.

Poetry Prompt - Create a poem using three trinkets. Such as, a shell, a silver charm, and a feather.

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem using the phrase "a foreign language".

Poetry Prompt - On a slip of paper write a list of 15 "free association" words. Use the 15 words in a poem. Variation: Create and exchange a list with another person. Then use their list of words to write a poem.

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem using, "how to...". For example, "how to write a poem", "how to break my heart"," how to distinguish a flower from a frog".

Poetry Prompt - Write three shaped-verse poems. Shaped-verse poems are a form of "pattern poetry", where the letters, words, and lines of the poem are arranged to form a picture/outline of the subject of the poem. An example is a poem in the shape of a Christmas tree discussing your thoughts about Christmas itself, family traditions, and so on.

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem that repeats a selected word in each line. Consider using foreign translations of the word. (cat, gato, catze).

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem with a seasonal theme.

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem about seasonings. For example, "Salt and Saffron".

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem using the title, "Paradise of Strangers".

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem using, " Between Silences".

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem using "Writers Anonymous" as your title. (Or, "Hi My Name Is�")

Poetry Prompt - Transitory - Write a poem based on transitory things.

Poetry Prompt - Make a list of your favorite lines from poetry. Use these lines in a collage or create a pocket journal that has one line per page. Memorize them. (And then, optionally, for you Mark Strand fans, eat them.)

Poetry Prompt - Write a Tercet. Examples:

http://www.gardendigest.com/poetry/tercet.htm#Selected

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem about something that "spirals".

Poetry Prompt - Write a culinary poem celebrating food.

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem that is representative of language/communication.

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem about a very small object.

Poetry Exercise - Write a poem using images of things that are connected, such as "paperclip(s)", or "trains".

Poetry Exercise - Write a poem that is about the "un-truth".

Poetry Exercise - Write a poem about things that are transparent.

Poetry Exercise - Write a poem that starts at the end, moving backwards.

Poetry Exercise - Write a villanelle, or a terzanelle.

vil�la�nelle
A 19-line poem of fixed form consisting of five tercets and a final quatrain on two rhymes, with the first and third lines of the first tercet repeated alternately as a refrain closing the succeeding stanzas and joined as the final couplet of the quatrain. (fromhttp://www.dictionary.com)

terzanelle
A terzanelle is a poetry form which is a combination of the villanelle and the terza rima. It is nineteen lines total, with five triplets and a concluding quatrain. The rhyme scheme is as follows: Ending Type 1:fAFA' (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terzanelle)

Poetry Exercise - Write a poem using the theme of, "x-ray", or seeing through layers.

Poetry Exercise - Write a poem that focuses on sound.

Poetry Exercise - Write a poem about playing Jacks, Hopscotch, or another such game.

Poetry Exercise - Write a poem in three parts about�three different people and their interaction with an item that is the same. The object can be passed between them, or it can be the "same" possession and not the "actual" object the other people have.

Poetry Exercise - Write a poem that uses the style of a devotion and prayer.

Poetry Exercise - Write a poem that is written in the style of magnetic poetry. For your word bank you can use one or two pages from a book, magazine or newspaper. You might want to make a photocopy of the pages and cut the words apart,�or just transcribe them randomly to your word bank.

Poetry Exercise - Write a poem that is based on a painting. (You can find many classic paintings here: http://www.wga.hu/index.html)

Example: Pieter Brueghel, The Fall of Icarus
http://www.english.emory.edu/Paintings&Poems/Williams.html
http://www.english.emory.edu/Paintings&Poems/Auden.html

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem that refers to "Romeo and Juliet".

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem using the title, "Lines of Conversation".

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem using the title, "Love Poem Number 137".

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem using the title, "You Need to Have a Plan".