Poetry Writing Exercises 576: Tuesday 31st March

Here are your four poetry exercises for today. Time yourself for 15 minutes per exercise, having a break in between each one or move on to the next.  When you’ve finished, do pop over to this blog’s Facebook Group and let everyone know how you got on.

Below are the four – you can do them in any order.

1. Keywords: emerge, keep, changing, industry, acting
2. Random: half an hour
3. Picture: what does this inspire?
4. Tuesday Title: Migration

Have fun, and if you would like to, do paste your writing in the comment boxes below so we can see how you got on! Remember though that it counts as being published so don’t post anything that you would want to submit elsewhere (where they require unpublished material).

Poetry Writing Exercises 575: Monday 30th March

Here are your four poetry exercises for today. Time yourself for 15 minutes per exercise, having a break in between each one or move on to the next.  When you’ve finished, do pop over to this blog’s Facebook Group and let everyone know how you got on.

Below are the four – you can do them in any order.

1. Keywords: rather, significant, atmosphere, fantastic, close
2. Random: a doctor’s difficult task
3. Picture: what does this inspire?
4. Monologue Monday: Write a first-person poem – someone is about to cry

Have fun, and if you would like to, do paste your writing in the comment boxes below so we can see how you got on! Remember though that it counts as being published so don’t post anything that you would want to submit elsewhere (where they require unpublished material).

Poetry Writing Exercises 574: Friday 27th March

Here are your four poetry exercises for today. Time yourself for 15 minutes per exercise, having a break in between each one or move on to the next.  When you’ve finished, do pop over to this blog’s Facebook Group and let everyone know how you got on.

Below are the four – you can do them in any order.

1. Keywords: destiny, come, going, earth, came
2. Random: an unusual-tasting cup of tea
3. Picture: what does this inspire?
4. One-word prompt: capture

Have fun, and if you would like to, do paste your writing in the comment boxes below so we can see how you got on! Remember though that it counts as being published so don’t post anything that you would want to submit elsewhere (where they require unpublished material).

Poetry Writing Exercises 573: Thursday 26th March

Here are your four poetry exercises for today. Time yourself for 15 minutes per exercise, having a break in between each one or move on to the next.  When you’ve finished, do pop over to this blog’s Facebook Group and let everyone know how you got on.

Below are the four – you can do them in any order.

1. Keywords: information, composition, help, answer, system
2. Random: fifty years ahead
3. Picture: what does this inspire?
4. Thursday Title: Some Key Questions

Have fun, and if you would like to, do paste your writing in the comment boxes below so we can see how you got on! Remember though that it counts as being published so don’t post anything that you would want to submit elsewhere (where they require unpublished material).

Poetry Writing Exercises 572: Wednesday 25th March

Here are your four poetry exercises for today. Time yourself for 15 minutes per exercise, having a break in between each one or move on to the next.  When you’ve finished, do pop over to this blog’s Facebook Group and let everyone know how you got on.

Below are the four – you can do them in any order.

1. Keywords: exciting, ice, theory, series, serious
2. Random: fifty years in the past
3. Picture: what does this inspire?
4. Sentence start: In terms of…

Have fun, and if you would like to, do paste your writing in the comment boxes below so we can see how you got on! Remember though that it counts as being published so don’t post anything that you would want to submit elsewhere (where they require unpublished material).

Poetry Writing Exercises 571: Tuesday 24th March

Here are your four poetry exercises for today. Time yourself for 15 minutes per exercise, having a break in between each one or move on to the next.  When you’ve finished, do pop over to this blog’s Facebook Group and let everyone know how you got on.

Below are the four – you can do them in any order.

1. Keywords: resolve, currently, two, theory, result
2. Random: a matching dress
3. Picture: what does this inspire?
4. Tuesday Title: Shiny

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Poetry Writing Exercises 570: Monday 23rd March

Here are your four poetry exercises for today. Time yourself for 15 minutes per exercise, having a break in between each one or move on to the next.  When you’ve finished, do pop over to this blog’s Facebook Group and let everyone know how you got on.

Below are the four – you can do them in any order.

1. Keywords: character, surface, total, dark, region
2. Random: dialogue-only piece about a new thing
3. Picture: what does this inspire?
4. Monologue Monday: Write a first-person poem – someone saw something unusual

Have fun, and if you would like to, do paste your writing in the comment boxes below so we can see how you got on! Remember though that it counts as being published so don’t post anything that you would want to submit elsewhere (where they require unpublished material).

Poetry Writing Exercises 569: Friday 20th March

Here are your four poetry exercises for today. Time yourself for 15 minutes per exercise, having a break in between each one or move on to the next.  When you’ve finished, do pop over to this blog’s Facebook Group and let everyone know how you got on.

Below are the four – you can do them in any order.

1. Keywords: chance, look, way, observe, official
2. Random: in some detail
3. Picture: what does this inspire?
4. One-word prompt: approach

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Poetry Writing Exercises 568: Thursday 19th March

Here are your four poetry exercises for today. Time yourself for 15 minutes per exercise, having a break in between each one or move on to the next.  When you’ve finished, do pop over to this blog’s Facebook Group and let everyone know how you got on.

Below are the four – you can do them in any order.

1. Keywords: know, much, failed, criteria, orb
2. Random: sufficient graveness
3. Picture: what does this inspire?
4. Thursday Title: Other Smaller Ones

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Poetry Writing Exercises 567: Wednesday 18th March

Here are your four poetry exercises for today. Time yourself for 15 minutes per exercise, having a break in between each one or move on to the next.  When you’ve finished, do pop over to this blog’s Facebook Group and let everyone know how you got on.

Below are the four – you can do them in any order.

1. Keywords: belt, situated, marks, boundary, rocky
2. Random: outerwear
3. Picture: what does this inspire?
4. Sentence start: At this stage…

Have fun, and if you would like to, do paste your writing in the comment boxes below so we can see how you got on! Remember though that it counts as being published so don’t post anything that you would want to submit elsewhere (where they require unpublished material).