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Directions on how to do something
« Thread Started on Jan 23, 2008, 3:44pm »

Here's another way you can write a poem:
1. Think of something you're experienced at or really like doing. Start writing instructions on how you would normally do this activity. I find the less description you use, the bigger variety of the feeling of the poem (you'll see what I mean in a few steps).
2. Once you've finished your instructions, rewrite your instructions again, EXCEPT you cannot reference what you are doing directly. For example, if I were writing on how to swing a baseball bat and I wrote "Grip your hands on the bat," I would change it to "Grip your hands onto it." Okay, maybe that's a bit perverted but it's an example!
3. When you've done that, look at the instructions and try to think, "If I was a total stranger that was reading this for the first time, what mood would I get out of this poem?"
4. When you think you have your mood/feeling, title your instructions with that feeling. Then read it again with this mood in mind and see if it fits. If you want, you can try a totally opposite mood to what your instructions look like and read the poem in a completely different light. It's really cool!
5. Try out different titles until you have one that really sends out the mood of the poem. Tada! You have a poem!

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Re: Directions on how to do something
« Reply #1 on Feb 18, 2008, 12:31pm »

that sounds cool.... I'm going to try that!

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Re: Directions on how to do something
« Reply #2 on Feb 18, 2008, 12:33pm »

Yeah...Mr. Brooks showed us that. It was so cool!

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Re: Directions on how to do something
« Reply #3 on Feb 18, 2008, 12:39pm »

I'll try it! I just have to pick something do it with.

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Re: Directions on how to do something
« Reply #4 on May 19, 2008, 5:26pm »

I came up with something! (Yay me!)

Lines

The dark stream trails
On a landscape of white,
From a thin cylinder
Gripped by a hand.

This is the force of creation,
Curving and bending,
Dividing the boundaries
Of light and dark.

Shapes from lines
And lines from ink,
Form the picture.
This is creation.

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