Creative Writing Poetry #1From this prompt you will come up with a poem

about an object that describes you.First choose an object.Next, list down the reasons that you think this

object you chose represents you.From this list of reasons, which one is the most

powerful? Circle that one.Which one conveys the strongest image of

you? Circle that one.Once you’ve chosen two main imagines, list

down the things about you that support these two images.

Build your poem from here.

Creative Writing Poetry #2o As your starting point.o Create a poem using Emily Dickinson’s

o “Break me the sunset in a cup,”

Creative Writing Poetry #3Recall an uplifting experience and write

poetry about it.

Creative Writing Poem #4Step One: Randomly choose 15words from a dictionary. Just

flip through the pages, close your eyes, and put your finger down on the page. Copy down the word that is closest to your finger. If your finger lands on a word that you don't know, you can choose the word just above or just below it. For the purposes of this assignment, count paired words as a single entry (for instance, "melting pot" is listed as a single entry).

Step Two: Shape your list of dictionary entries into a poem, using at least ten of the entries (you can, of course, use them all if you want). You can add articles, helping and to be verbs, coordinating conjunctions, and prepositions.

Creative Writing Poem #5

Choose a place that you remember well and want to share with others. This poem relies on your filling in a form3 adjectivesAn abstract nouna participial phrase2 prepositional

phrases2 verb phrases

the place name

cool, quick, smoothbeautyflowing swiftly downwardover the edges of

realitydefying sensecompelling sighsfalling water

You can format your poem anyway that you like. Use more punctuation or less. Change the line breaks. Align the words with the margin. Use capital letters, play with the arrangement of the words on the page, and so forth. Be creative!

Creative Writing Poem #6Create a poem inspired by a line in a

Charles Bukowski poem: “some suicides are never recorded”

Creative Writing Poem #71. Think of a view from a window you know well. Respond

on paper after each question. Each of these responses will form one line of their poem.

1. What do you see straight ahead?2. What is on the left ?3. What do you see to the right? 4. Do you notice anything different outside? 5. Use the words “sometimes” or “always” in

describing your view. 6. Include a detail that suggests time of day or

time of year. 7 & 8 Look for two more details, one of them so

far in the distance you can hardly see it... or maybe can’t see it at all...

Creative Writing Poem #8List 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".

Creative Writing Poem #9Write 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".

Creative Writing Poem #10Write 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.