Poetry Games and Exercises Index

[kborsden]

Prompts

• Weekly Poetry Prompt
• Mathematical Poetry Challenge

Short form Games

• Chain, chain, chain, chain of haiku fools
• Cinquain Train
• Cinquain Train 2
• Haikuicide
• Stark Reality Couplets

Open Form Games/exercises

• Take a Snapshot
• Haunted Heptasyllables
• Photo-Poem Exchange
• Let's Eat Our Words
• Conversations with God
• Color (colour)
• 10 Word Poetry Game
• One Line One Poem

Repeating Form Games

• The Triolet Trail

Verse Construct Exercises

• momentary monostich monotony
• Advanced monostich mayhem
• Extreme Monostich Execution
• Hemistich Hysteria
• Perfect Iambic Pentameter
• Rhyming with Opposites

Group Contribution Constructs and Projects

• Minds Akimbo
• Travelling
• Radical Terza-Rima Renga-O-Rama

Classic/Traditional Form Exercises and Resources

• Home-grown Englyn
• Englyn Madness
• Englyn Madness 2
• Haiku Potpourri
• The Madrigal: A Poetry Mystery
• Sedoka Mondo

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This list isn't finished -- these are only the games from the first 15 pages. More to come...

 

[Perscribo]

Oh great..a TOC? Now I'm not going to get anything done.

 

[beadyredeyes]

Wow, these look like a lot of fun!

 

[Blarg]

Good idea to put those all together in one place.

 

[kborsden]

Good idea to put those all together in one place.

And if there are any that I've missed out, or that pop up new, please either PM me or drop a link in here to be added to the OP!

 

[kborsden]

Just a bump for those that are unawares...

 

[Magdalen]

+1 -- excellent resource and non sense in not finding some prompts in crit, no doubt!! Kudos, High Fives, Skol! & Accolades non plus!

 

[Ambrosia]

*Bump*

 

[kborsden]

Updated with more games and prompts!

 

[CDSinex]

Bump! There are several good pages that have fallen into disuse. (Wisely so?)

 

[Perscribo]

Bump again. I would love to keep up on these, poets! For better or verse.

 

[Perscribo]

I just added the NYT Spelling Bee Poetry thread. All poetry games are fun!