Word Play Discussion

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Six Word Challenge

Write a short poem of 2 or more lines with six words total. The last line must be a single word.

Honeybeevee (Melissa Saucedo) 4:36am
Why does it feel so Hollow

Grace (IDryad) 1:37pm
Live and enjoy come what May

Honeybeevee (Melissa Saucedo) 2:48am
Do we all Want something ...

23rd April 2:29pm

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Three Words Game

Create three words all starting from the last letter of the previous player.

Honeybeevee (Melissa Saucedo) 4:35am
Ripe Red Rose

Grace (IDryad) 14th Apr
Running Raptor Roar

Honeybeevee (Melissa Saucedo) 14th Apr
Dirty Drooling Dinosaur

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10W

Short poem or prose containing exactly ten words.

Grace (IDryad) 10th Apr
He said something I thought was...

Green_Arrow 10th Apr
Khloe looked at Jason standing ...

Grace (IDryad) 27th Mar
Come home wanderer come home to...

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Short and Sweet

Write a short, four line poem.

Grace (IDryad) 7th Apr
the shadows over the sea deep...

Samnash (Sam Nash) 6th Apr
Lover's wine drinketh Hearts that...

Grace (IDryad) 27th Mar
goodnight says the owl sleep...

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Answer a Question with a Question

Answer the previous respondent with a question, rather than a statement/answer.

Grace (IDryad) 27th Mar
Is it better than the other one?

ajay 27th Mar
How could I not prefer the piano?

Grace (IDryad) 27th Mar
Did you ever try?

Edited 10th May 2:47pm

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Poem on Song Titles

Write a six-lined poem based on an actual song title. Don't copy the original. You may include a link of the song concerned.

Grace (IDryad) 27th Mar
Wish You were Here ...

ajay 27th Mar
Jammin' Bob Marley had ran out...

Grace (IDryad) 27th Mar
I Can't Make You Love Me ...

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3-5-3

What can you say in 11 words? Write a 3-5-3 poem.

Grace (IDryad) 27th Mar
They left sadly Leaving the...

ajay 26th Mar
"SWEET JESUS CHRIST!" all the...

Grace (IDryad) 25th Mar
the diners grinned dining on soft...

7th March 8:07am

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Ask a Question

Answer the question before you, then ask a question for the next person.

Grace (IDryad) 27th Mar
Deja vu. I felt one so strongly at...

ajay 26th Mar
Ha! My sympathies re the 15 years....

Grace (IDryad) 25th Mar
I have read AI poems and they...

21st September 7:01am

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Epic collaborative poem

A short four line poem. Start each entry with the last word of the previous poem.

Grace (IDryad) 6th Mar
"Rats!" she spat aloud he should...

ajay 6th Mar
Siblings coming with baseball...

Grace (IDryad) 2nd Mar
Get the kisses without the ring ...

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Write a quick poem or story in a 2 4 6 8 configuration

Grace (IDryad) 2nd Feb
I know all the terrible struggle ...

BigG 2nd Feb
It begins Life without alcohol...

Grace (IDryad) 30th Jan
you were the centre of my life,...

Edited 22nd March 5:51am

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Narrative Poetry

Tell a short story in a four-versed poem, three lines for each stanza.

Grace (IDryad) 30th Jan
Heart I am heart she said and...

Grace (IDryad) 25th Nov
Love so he hugged her beloved...

Breedlove 27th Apr
Wind's Will Take down your...

Edited 2nd March 9:29am

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Imagery Poem

Write an Imagery poem; descriptive write on any or all of the five senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell). Two stanzas with four lines each.

Grace (IDryad) 30th Jan
I smell the coffee taste the...

Grace (IDryad) 30th Dec
fireworks bursting in the sky ...

Kinkpoet 29th Dec
giraffes in pink lingerie know...

20th April 3:44pm

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20 Word Challenge

What can you do with 20 words?

Grace (IDryad) 30th Jan
the birds are flying again they...

Grace (IDryad) 20th Jan
fallen petals strewn on the floor ...

Green_Arrow 20th Jan
Lindsay rode up on her Harley,...

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Three Word Inspiration

Write a poem using the three words suggested in the previous post, along with providing three new words for the next person.

Grace (IDryad) 14th Jan
The fragrance of the flowers ...

robert43041 (Viking) 25th Oct
Your birth brought pain Life...

LightningBug (Kathy J Anderson) 25th Sep
massage me with your words, send...

29th January 00:59am

Grace IDryad

Limerick

Write a Limerick; a humorous five-line poem that rhymes AABBA. Enjoy, we are all novices here.

Grace (IDryad) 14th Jan
There once was a man named Lou ...

ajay 28th Dec
There were two poets on DU, who...

Grace (IDryad) 21st Dec
Once a rickety old man fell in...

29th February 7:56pm

Grace IDryad

Short poem on one word

Write a poem based on one word and leave one word for the next person to write about.

Grace (IDryad) 14th Jan
The Cannonball plopped on the deck...

ajay 14th Jan
Gourmandisers munching all the...

Grace (IDryad) 14th Jan
Dried Apricots and Walnuts snacks...

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Micropoetry

Write a poem of 13 words or less.

Grace (IDryad) 14th Jan
pearly shells on the shore of an...

ajay 14th Jan
'What?' he cried, astounded. ...

Grace (IDryad) 7th Jan
Loving on forever together from...

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Write a five line poem, each line has one more word than the previous line. Line one has one word, line two has two words and so on until the fifth and final line, which has five words.

Grace (IDryad) 28th Dec
long day today under the sun ...

ajay 28th Dec
Parallel lines run side by side ...

Grace (IDryad) 21st Dec
one is the beginning of two ...

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Quotables

Make up an original quote (not one which already exists). Quotes posted here may feature in our weekly "DU Quotables" spot on Facebook (you will be credited by username if your quote appears).