Among our exercises, these may be most interesting to younger poets.

Word Play and Other Warmups

• Word Play: Lists

  Exercise: The List Poem

  Guidelines for Critique

• Word Play: Big Words

  Exercise: Big Words

  Guidelines for Critique

• Word Play: Crazy Words

  Exercise: Made-Up Words

  Guidelines for Critique

• Word Play: Loaded Words

  Exercise: Loaded Words

  Guidelines for Critique

• Dream Poetry

• Chants

  Exercise: Basic Chant

  Exercise: Intermediate Chant

  Exercise: Advanced Chant

• Concrete Poetry

  Exercise: Concrete Poetry

  Guidelines for Critique

• Simple Words

Forms

• Lune Calls

  Exercise: Lune

  Guidelines for Critique

• Cinquains

  Exercise: Syllable Count Cinquain

  Guidelines for Critique

• Cinquain Reprise

  Exercise: Word Count Cinquain

  Guidelines for Critique

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