Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Quatrain Exercise

Soothsayer
In the sprain of my mind
your words are a soft, lightly woven gauze.
I have always doubted feeling good.
An ache of coming days. a mere pause


Churches
In the God of my mind
your silence is a sour prayer.
I was eleven when I stopped believing,
creating worlds we might die in.

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Steps:

First line: Fill in the blank:
..................In the __________ of my mind
Second line: Write a phrase/sentence combining two or more senses (Synesthesia).
Third line: Write a factual statement.
Last line: ...a statement about the future.
Last step: Find a title for your work.


Fun.

(Thanks to Sir Joel Toledo.)