We’re two weeks into the challenge now, and our second “Two-for-Tuesday” prompt falls on the 14th, which gets me thinking about sonnets. For today’s prompt:
Write a form poem (here are 100 poetic forms to choose from) and/or…
Write an anti-form poem. I get it; some people don’t like forms.
If you feel like a form doesn’t quite give you direction for today’s prompt, write a poem about something with structure or form, or write a poem about chaos.
(So I chose:) The nonet poetic form is simple. It’s a 9-line poem that has 9 syllables in the first line, 8 syllables in the second line, 7 syllables in the third line, and continues to count down to one syllable in the final (ninth) line. — Robert Lee Brewer, Writer’s Digest
I should not wait so late in the day
to check the poetry prompt and
attempt to corral my thoughts
into some kind of sense.
By evening I
have spent all
the good
ones.
This afternoon, I looked at the list of 100 poetic forms. I read about several (alphabet, the bop, concrete), and made a stab at catena rondo before I settled on nonet. I wrote another nonet before this one, but didn’t care for it, then realized my brain was too tired to keep trying the tricky types. So, lesson learned! Earlier poeming tomorrow.