Firestarter Challenge (9/5/07)
Firestarter Challenge Week 9 Title: Truncated
(the categories of the exercises will change weekly)
- First Line: (take a line from a famous poet and use that to jumpstart your poem. “Although it is a cold evening” from At the Fishhouses by Elizabeth Bishop.
- Syllabics: Write couplet stanzas of 10 and 6 syllables.
- Color: Olive.
- Rhyme: Use the following rhymes somewhere in your piece: engorge/forge, coddle/bottle.
- Fact: Use a scientific fact in your piece: JB Dunlop was the first person to put air into tires.