| Nouns | Verbs | Adjectives | |
| tamarack | to kiss | blue | |
| throat | to curve | hot | |
| belief | to swing | soft | |
| rock | to ruin | tough | |
| frog | to bite | important | |
| dog | to cut | wavering | |
| slag | to surprise | sharp | |
| eye | to bruise | cool | |
| cloud | to hug | red | |
| mud | to say | leather |
Use five nouns, verbs, and adjectives from the above lists
and write a poem as
follows:
1. Four beats to the line (can vary)
2. Six lines to the
stanza
3. Three stanzas
4. At least two
internal and one external slant rhyme per
stanza (full rhymes acceptable but not encouraged)
5. Maximum of two
end stops per stanza
6. Clear English
grammatical sentences (no tricks). All sen-
tences must make sense.
7. The poem must be
meaningless.