CaPoWriMo 3.30

Write a poem responding to this photo and the corresponding news report.

CaPoWriMo 3.29

Write a poem in the form of a letter to a certain person, who is not your family, and also NOT a well-known public figure.

CaPoWriMo 3.28

Write a poem about someone who lived at least 100 years ago, about whom you read about in history (either in history text-books or through newspapers or magazines). EXCEPT: Gandhi, Hitler, Jinnah.

CaPoWriMo 3.27

Write a poem about an object you can see in a public dustbin.

CaPoWriMo 3.26

Write a poem about a fairytale character.

CaPoWriMo 3.25

Write a poem about a poem (written by a major/famous poet) which you hold dear, or which makes you see the value of poetry in this world.

CaPoWriMo 3.24

Write a science poem, i.e., one which draws upon some aspect of the sciences. It could be astronomy, or optics, or organic chemistry, or a particular metal, or a biochem experiment.

CaPoWriMo 3.23

Bring out a poem you started but never finished or one that needs a bit more work. Finish it.

CaPoWriMo 3.22

Write a poem about a politician. It should be between 12 and 16 lines.

CaPoWriMo 3.21

Write a Shakespearean sonnet.

CaPoWriMo 3.20

Write a villanelle about regret.

CaPoWriMo 3.19

Put pen to paper and start writing furiously for five minutes. Set an alarm or something, and then stop writing. Go back and look at what you wrote, and then construct a poem out of that material.

CaPoWriMo 3.18

Write a poem without any ‘I’ or ‘you’ or ‘he’ or ‘she’ words in it. Stick to nouns instead of pronouns.

CaPoWriMo 3.17

Write an ode to your favourite music composer or band or song-writer.

CaPoWriMo 3.16

Write a Twitter poem (140 characters, including spaces).

CaPoWriMo 3.15

Write a ghazal about exercising or gymming. (Walking or jogging is also okay.)

CaPoWriMo 3.14

Write a poem about the worst day of your life.

CaPoWriMo 3.13

Write a rondeau which is going to be hard. So I will not impose any thematic restrictions. Just remember the basic principles of rhyme and refrain and see what happens.

CaPoWriMo 3.12

Write a poem about the (non-human) pests in your home or office (eg: rats, lizards, mosquitoes, earthworms, centipedes, moths, or flies).

CaPoWriMo 3.11

Write a poem about a favourite food ingredient or spice (eg: cinnamon, or honey, or ragi).

CaPoWriMo 3.10

Write a poem about someone’s legs.

CaPoWriMo 3.09

Write a poem that starts off describing the sounds you hear when you go to bed, just before you fall sleep.

CaPoWriMo 3.08

Write a poem about renting a room or subletting one.

CaPoWriMo 3.07

Write a poem comparing a man or a woman to a mode of public transport (bus, tram, train, ferry boat, airplane).

CaPoWriMo 3.06

Write an acrostic.

CaPoWriMo 3.05

Write a poem about futility or worthlessness.

CaPoWriMo 3.04

Write a limerick. Don’t cheat on the rhyme. Read this.

CaPoWriMo 3.03

Write a poem about your sixteenth birthday. (Or eighteenth, if you cannot think of anything interesting about the sixteenth).

CaPoWriMo 3.02

Write a haiku. Your season is Summer.

CaPoWriMo 3.01

Write a sestina.

And here’s how we will make it interesting. One of the six key words (with which you end any one of the six lines of the first stanza) should be either ‘heat’ or ‘cool’ or ‘tepid’.