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Off the Wall Poetry Prompts:
Weird Ways to Find a Poem2014 Youth Writing Conference Poetry Presentation
Off the Wall Poetry Prompts:Weird Ways to Find a Poem
2014 OWP Youth Writing Conference Presentation
“It’s impossible to teach anyone to write a poem. But we can set up circumstances in which poems are likely to happen…Playing with words, we can get to the place where poems come from. We can write and make discoveries about who we are and who we might become….”--Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge
Purpose:• Set up circumstances to make
poems happen.•Play with words.•Make discoveries about
ourselves through our poems.
Non-purposeTo critique our poems or feel like we have to write an amazing poem. We will be happy with the messing around and thrilled if we write one great line.
Goals:Experiment with some odd and off the wall poetry prompts to see if we can take our poetry to new places.Introduce Zentangling as a way to illustrate poetry.
Making MetaphorADJECTIVE
scrambled
empty
withered
sour
Create three columns. Write adjectives in the first column.
Making MetaphorADJECTIVE CONCRETE NOUN
scrambled outlet
empty doghouse
withered medicine
sour hook
Write concrete nouns in the second column. Add several of your own.
Making MetaphorADJECTIVE CONCRETE NOUN ABSTRACT NOUN
scrambled outlet sadness
empty doghouse grief
withered medicine apology
sour hook hope
In the third column, write abstract nouns.
Making MetaphorADJECTIVE CONCRETE NOUN ABSTRACT NOUN
scrambled outlet sadness
empty doghouse grief
withered medicine apology
sour hook hope
Choose one word from each column and insert the word of between the second and third words to create a line for a poem.
“the empty doghouse of apology”
Vivid VerbsFold paper in half. On the left fold, list ten or more common nouns.
lilacshorsemustachecatmusclesdinosaurseed
Vivid VerbsOn the right fold, without referring to the list on the left, list ten or more verbs that describe actions by people in a selected occupation.
sautéchopminceslicebroilboilmarinate
Vivid VerbsUnfold the two lists and combine the nouns and verbs to see what happens.lilacshorsemustachecatmusclesdinosaurseed
sautéchopminceslicebroilboilmarinate
The fiddles boiled the air with their music.The lilacs sliced the sky into purple.
Somehow This Works1. Three colors2. Something you rarely, if ever, tell anyone else3. Three questions you would ask if they were the last things you could ever
say4. An aphorism (“A stitch in time saves nine.”)5. Three slant rhymes (shared consonants) long/thing moon/mine6. Three things people have said to you in the last 24 hours7. A recent dream8. Think of the last extreme pain you have endured. If it were an animal, what
would it be?
Five Lines: A Parts of Speech Poem1. Write a noun of your choice2. Write two adjectives joined by and to describe the noun3. Write a verb and an adverb to describe this noun in action4. Start this line with like or as followed by a comparison5. Start the final line with if only followed by a wish
A Fantasy1. A mechanical device lawn mower2. One-word metaphor and a participle a shark devouring its prey3. An absolute phrase to show what it’s doing teeth slicing its way4. A prepositional phrase to show location through oceans of green,5. Another participle describing its actions attacking prey unseen6. A prepositional phrase for a conclusion with mindless devotion
Copy/Change PoemsImitate the following poems by retaining the underlined words or word parts, using no punctuation and using similar line breaks.
This Is Just to Say
I have eatenthe plumsthat were inthe icebox
and whichyou were probably savingfor breakfast
Forgive methey were deliciousso sweet and so cold
The Red Wheelbarrow
so much dependsupon
a red wheelbarrow
glazed with rainwater
beside the whitechickens
Poetry Reading
Illustrate a Poem with Zentangling
Zentangle a Frame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZJ9SpSukeQ
Goals:Experiment with some odd and off the wall poetry prompts to see if we can take our poetry to new places.Introduce Zentangling as a way to illustrate poetry.
• How to Doodle• I was a child poet. And a bad one.• Twelve-year-old slam poet• The Giving Tree