Iron Poet, Round III.
It's time for another round of my favourite poetry game, Iron Poet. Basically, you give me three words and possibly name the style of poetry you want, and I write a poem -- nice and simple, right? Right. There are, however, a few rules:
1. You can either give me sadistic words, or name a poetic style. Not both.
2. I will not write acrostics, limericks, or any style which by definition must be more than a hundred lines in length.
3. Please put all word groups in original comments, not as replies to someone else's comment. Things tend to thread, and I may miss you otherwise.
As a final note: no, I did not invent this exercise. It's standard to poetry workshops everywhere. But it's a lot of fun.
1. You can either give me sadistic words, or name a poetic style. Not both.
2. I will not write acrostics, limericks, or any style which by definition must be more than a hundred lines in length.
3. Please put all word groups in original comments, not as replies to someone else's comment. Things tend to thread, and I may miss you otherwise.
As a final note: no, I did not invent this exercise. It's standard to poetry workshops everywhere. But it's a lot of fun.