Five forms in one afternoon
Guide
Acrostic
Write a word down the left side of the page. Each line begins with one of its letters, in order. Each line should make sense on its own.
Prompt
Acrostic prompt
Choose a word that matters to you this week. Build one line from each of its letters.
Guide
Renga stanza
The opening stanza has three lines of about five, seven and five syllables. Each answering stanza has two lines of seven syllables. Each stanza answers only the one before it.
Prompt
Answer prompt
Read a short poem you know. Write two lines that answer its last line, rather than its subject.
Guide
Found poem
Take a page of any printed text. Cross out words until what remains is a poem. Keep the surviving words in their original order.
Prompt
Found poem prompt
Pick one page from a book near you. Cross out until six lines are left.
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