Loveday Writing

Write a poem about love in which the word love is not mentioned** I wish you knew I wish I could tell you— that I didn’t want to say goodbye that I didn’t want you to leave my life. I wish I could tell you— how much you’re missed, that our friendship could still exist.   I wish you knew—

Write a poem showing someone’s emotional state by the way they engage with a small object** Symbol of Love You sit softly on my finger, you wedding ring of mine, have been for quite some time signifying this chapter of my life, that is currently in strife.   Everyday I look at you, and with my other fingers I fiddle,

Write a poem that begins ‘The day our daughter/son was born…’** Little Twig The day our daughter was born– we suddenly weren’t kids anymore, our carefree teenage lives gone. The day our daughter was born– our lives changed forever but we didn’t end up staying together.   The day our daughter was born– we didn’t realise our divorce would only

Write a poem, with a personal flavour, celebrating solitude** I love Solitude I love living on my own, I love having my own home, I can decorate it how I like, inside I can live my own life.   I love working on my own, it’s my second home, I don’t have to work on a team and make sure

Write a poem explaining how difficult it is to live your life** Not Closed I don’t have a closed mind, I don’t have a closed heart, I’m just trying to do everything right, I’m just trying to live this life.   I don’t have a closed mind, I don’t have a closed heart, I’m just trying to survive the daily

Write a poem about something whose beauty is visible only to you** Planes and Trains (Passing By) Planes and trains– we all use you to get around, you go all the way round, but you’re so much more than transport.   You’re beauty on the rails and in the sky– you enable us to live our lives, to see our

Write a poem to the end of a season** Summer Farewell summer… and your bright sunny days Farewell summer… and your gruelling heatwaves.   Farewell summer… and your ice cool treats Farewell summer… and the inevitable ice-cream brain freeze.   Farewell summer… and the enticing beaches Farewell summer… it’s time to put away my one-piece.   Farewell summer… I’ll see

The shortest poem ever written is claimed to be this, by Ogden Nash: ‘To my Goldfish’ Wet Pet. Write one of approximately equal length** To my Bra Rack Sack     **Reference: Marsden J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.

These are all the common words that rhyme with ‘-ainly’: plainly, mainly, sanely, vainly, urbanely, profanely, ungainly, humanely, insanely, inhumanely. Write a rhyming poem using some or all of these words** Plain Jane Jane looked plainly, this was due to her mainly not wearing make-up or her hair down.   She acted sanely, never vainly or insanely, nor spoke profanely.

Describe a zoo in which there are cages for the abstract: e.g. for hatred, for the wind** Mental Jungle We’re going to the zoo today! We’re going to the zoo today! What are we going to see?   It’s not an ordinary zoo you see? The animals aren’t the ones on show: no lions, lemurs or chimpanzees, it’s not a