Poetry game #2: Cut out a paragraph from the newspaper or a magazine and create a poem using only the words available.
Always remember that poetry games can be played alone, but Spout encourages collaboration and is adamantly against loneliness.
Don’t forget, after indulging in a set of poetry games, send us your favorites and perhaps they will show up in a future issue of Spout magazine or I may just post them right here on the web for all to see, such as what my friend Steve came up with (scroll down) — for what good is anything, including a blog, without poetry?
Toodle pip,
-Libby
Here’s a charming poem that my reluctant friend penned on Valentine’s Day during round one.
Postcards
By Steve Madsen
I gave him a glare
from across the parlor
as he instructs the help
in his bossy matter of fact tone
I went to Bucharest
and Budapest
with purple flowers
pressed in my journal
and a silver pistol
in my luggage
She sends me postcards
and telegrams and
I can never catch up