Rules:
Do not bash religion or anything else.
Please left align.
Free-verse or short prose only.
Steer away from porn, corny humor, death and dark.
Here are three poetry exercises I have found on the web. I would like you to choose one, or two, or three and do what they say. Then enter it here. You can enter one for each exercise, or just do one exercise.
Exercise One:
Home Exercise
Think about your childhood home, recalling the inside (hallways, rooms, closets, etc.) and the outside (the front yard, back yard, trees, swing sets, etc.). Focus on a place inside or out that was special to you. Describe the time you spent there, the things you did, the discoveries you made, the emotions you felt, why you went there, etc.
(Just as an alternative: You can write about your childhood home and why you didn't have a special place there.)
Exercise Two:
Sexual Metaphor Exercise
THE GROUNDFALL PEAR
Jane Hirshfield
It is the one he chooses,
yellow, plump, a little bruised
on one side from falling.
That place he takes first.
Using Hirshfield’s poem as a model, write a short (4-5 line) lyric poem that is a metaphor for sex, desire, or love.
Exercise Three:
Without being cliche' use one of the following cliches' in your poem:
-Keep your fingers crossed
-There's no place like home
-As cold as ice
-As slow as molasses
-Blame it on the rain
-Come hell or high water
-Heaven on earth
-Knock on wood
-Naked as a jaybird
-Wet behind the ears
I have a couple other contests going if you are interested.
Do not bash religion or anything else.
Please left align.
Free-verse or short prose only.
Steer away from porn, corny humor, death and dark.
Here are three poetry exercises I have found on the web. I would like you to choose one, or two, or three and do what they say. Then enter it here. You can enter one for each exercise, or just do one exercise.
Exercise One:
Home Exercise
Think about your childhood home, recalling the inside (hallways, rooms, closets, etc.) and the outside (the front yard, back yard, trees, swing sets, etc.). Focus on a place inside or out that was special to you. Describe the time you spent there, the things you did, the discoveries you made, the emotions you felt, why you went there, etc.
(Just as an alternative: You can write about your childhood home and why you didn't have a special place there.)
Exercise Two:
Sexual Metaphor Exercise
THE GROUNDFALL PEAR
Jane Hirshfield
It is the one he chooses,
yellow, plump, a little bruised
on one side from falling.
That place he takes first.
Using Hirshfield’s poem as a model, write a short (4-5 line) lyric poem that is a metaphor for sex, desire, or love.
Exercise Three:
Without being cliche' use one of the following cliches' in your poem:
-Keep your fingers crossed
-There's no place like home
-As cold as ice
-As slow as molasses
-Blame it on the rain
-Come hell or high water
-Heaven on earth
-Knock on wood
-Naked as a jaybird
-Wet behind the ears
I have a couple other contests going if you are interested.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on July 29
- Rewards: Gold: 400
- Final notes:
Contest Winners
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In the small hours of crisp morning light
we’d trip through barren fields of brown, dry grass.• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [13]
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Walking on a broken sidewalk
Hands in my pockets• Commented on by judge. -
The place that we abide
in such tranquility and ease• Commented on by judge. -
As I look up into the sky
the dark clouds told meby trekkergirl 28 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 15 6:55 AM. In Contest• Commented on by judge. -
by Aspirin Lullaby 35 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 28 12:52 AM• Commented on by judge.
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Thoughts scream as vision blurr while life carousels past.
Heartbeat pound rythm on the pavement, lightening• Commented on by judge. -
Crystal waters, pristine and untouched,
Laid unnoticed, for such a time,by AllOverItNow 3 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 13 7:53 PM. In Spiritual, Sad, Personal, Sensual, Teenage thinking• Commented on by judge. -
thinking back to the early days,
I cannot remember the colour of wallsby Everlasting Ellen 21 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 13 11:50 PM• Commented on by judge.
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Comments
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Yes, my muse need a work-out, lol. Wonderful prompts, Trina
~ Nicolette
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