Writezone Poetry Exercises
- Byzantine poetry exercise
This is essentially a "Byzantine" exercise which uses a poem by another poet as a scaffold for the first draft of your poem.
- Focus on Image exercise
Good poetry takes the reader into a world of senses with vividly imagined details that speak to our ability to see, hear, smell, taste, and/or touch. This exercise focuses on use of sensory detail.
- Haiku exercise
This Haiku exercise, by J. Zimmerman, is designed to get you writing within a recognised form.
- The Sensory Observations Exercise
This exercise, which focuses on sensory observation, will help you stop and pay attention to the smaller things around you.
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