MY Poetry School

22/06/2023

Calling all spoken word poets aged 7-14!

20/04/2023

Day 20 Try writing a Ghazal. A ghazal is an Arabic form of poetry that has two major rules:
1. The poem contains five or more couplets.
2. The poem contains a rhyme or repeated refrain. The first couplet contains the rhyme or repeated refrain at the end of both lines. For every stanza after; however, the refrain is only repeated at the end of the second line.

Topic: Compassion

Attached is an example by Agha Shahid Ali

Where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell tonight?

19/04/2023

Day 19 A reflection on forgiveness. Who have you never been able to forgive? Why not? What about your own regrets? Who do you wish to seek forgiveness from? Write a piece of free verse. Include the moon as a metaphor. Maaf zahir dan batin dan Selamat Hari Raya!

18/04/2023

Day 17
Write a pantun exploring the etymology of your name and your relationship to it. Made up of quatrains, one version of a pantun uses an abab rhyme scheme and repeats lines 2 and 4 in the previous stanza as lines 1 and 3 in the next stanza.

Day 18 Write a poem with nouns which start with the letter of your first name. Think about a memorable birthday you once had.

14/04/2023

Day 14 Write a chueh-chu, an 8 line mini sonnet (2 quatrains) of Chinese origin based on the first news article which comes up on your TV/phone/the internet. Use the rhyme scheme aaba/cada or aaba/aaca.

13/04/2023

Day 13 What was your favourite toy/game as a child? Write about the devotion you had to it. Are there any parallels between it and your favourite hobbies/passions now? If you speak a second language, try writing a poem in that language instead.

12/04/2023

Day 12
Write a poem with each line representing a year of your life (you can do it in calendar years e.g. 1989, 1990, 1991 etc, or in ages e.g. aged 29, 30, 31) and the key memories/emotions/experiences from that time.

12/04/2023

Day 11
Write about the season (autumn, spring etc) you wish you were experiencing now. Write a cinquain: a five-line poetic form inspired by tanka, the cinquain comprises 2 syllables in the first line, 4 in the second line, 6 in the third, 8 in the fourth, and 2 in the fifth. Plus, poets have the freedom to add or subtract one syllable from each line.

10/04/2023

Day 10 What’s your favourite/lucky number? Write a poem consisting of that many lines. Personify an emotion you’re feeling right now.

10/04/2023

Day 6 2023
Write a poem that starts at the end and ends at the start. Reverse psychology. Back to the future. Maybe think about a natural process, a geological formation, a climate changing.

05/04/2023

Day 5
Finite, end, finished, gone, habis. Is this what God is for, to assuage the limits of our existence? Does the idea of nothingness paralyse or liberate you? What does an existential crises sound like in your head?

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04/04/2023

Day 4 Write a poem in the voice and style of your favourite poet/poem. Consider a colour and what it evokes. Tag MY Poetry School