[Newspoetry] 20 Little Poetry Projects

[gillespie william k]

(I should point out that these are assignments for the 20 lines of a
20-line poem)


On Thu, 16 May 2002, gillespie william k wrote:

>
> Twenty Little Poetry Projects
>             Jim Simmerman
>
>  1. Begin the poem with a metaphor.
>  2. Say something specific but utterly preposterous.
>  3. Use at least one image for each of the five senses, either in
> succession or scattered
>  randomly throughout the poem.
>  4. Use one example of synesthesia (mixing the senses).
>  5. Use the proper name of a person and the proper name of a place.
>  6. Contradict something you said earlier in the poem.
>  7. Change direction or digress from the last thing you said.
>  8. Use a word (slang?) youUve never seen in a poem.
>  9. Use an example of false cause-effect logic.
>  10. Use a piece of talk youUve actually heard (preferably in dialect
> and/or which you donUt understand).
>  11. Create a metaphor using the following construction: "The (adjective)
> (concrete noun) of (abstract noun) . . ."
>  12. Use an image in such a way as to reverse its usual associative
> qualities.
>  13. Make the persona or character in the poem do something he or she
> could not do in "real life."
>  14. Refer to yourself by nickname and in the third person.
>  15. Write in the future tense, such that part of the poem seems to be a
> prediction.
>  16. Modify a noun with an unlikely adjective.
>  17. Make a declarative assertion that sounds convincing but that finally
> makes no sense.
>  18. Use a phrase from a language other than English.
>  19. Make a non-human object say or do something human (personification).
>  20. Close the poem with a vivid image that makes no statement, but that
> "echoes" an image from earlier in the
>   poem.
>
>
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