Stuck like glue!

[Silven]

I am stuck in a bit of a rut right now. I have been writing my poetry on three topics for so long, I think I have forgotten how to write about other things. I really would appreciate a good challange as to a type/style/topic for a few poems. Any help would be appreciated. Please be as creative as possible, I am open to any and all suggestions.

 

Silven

[Dezlboi]

I haven't read any of your poetry (yet), but usually when people ask me questions like this, I suggest something pretty far out of their comfort zone so they're rather turned on their ear.

 

How about a series of poems in tetrameter, no more than sixteen couplets, praising an inanimate object - but you can't use any of the normal adjectives that would be innately associated with that object. For example, "red" for a firetruck, "cold" for a dog's nose, or "vieny" for a penis. That should force some interesting metaphors.

 

Hey, you asked...

 

-Dez

[Silven]

Sounds good to me, I will give it a try! BTW, a penis is not an inanimate object!

 

Silven

[Lugh]

Idea 1:

 

pick a topic,

write down a list of at least 10 words commonly associated with that topic

write a poem without using those words

 

Idea 2:

write one haiku a day for 100 days

 

Idea 3:

pick a topic,

anagram it,

use the anagrams in the poem.

(I did this one for Barmaid's Sonata)

 

Idea 4:

Biographical Poem:

line 1: Your First Name

line 2: Four nouns or adjectives that describe you

line 3: Who lives in _______________________________

line 4: A lover of

[Silven]

How about a series of poems in tetrameter

 

What is tetrameter?

 

Silven

[Lugh]

What is tetrameter?

 

Silven

 

 

Tetrameter

 

 

Happy writing,

 

Lugh

[Dezlboi]

Thanks Lugh...my reply would have been much more teasing (but still informative).

[JamesSavik]

The muses, those whores of inspiration,

For their gifts, they demand persipration.

They come not gift-wrapped or for free,

but with work they will come to thee.

[Camy]

My muse is NOT a whore

My muse just loves to tease

Whenever I'm in a rut

I have to beg him on my knees