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maybe make a little art or collage or photo based off a line of a poem or my feelings about it

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also, I like learning more about one poet. and i'm thinking now about a personal theme... hm, what would it be?

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Learn more about form poetry, starting with the villanelle and finish at least one poem to be adapted into a song.

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Susanna, here are a couple posts about form poems:

https://thewritetopoetry.substack.com/t/form-poems

And if you scroll down on the following page, there are some sample form poems (see under "Poem Types")

You might also find any of these resources helpful:

https://everydaypoems.substack.com/p/books

:)

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sorry. here is the page with "Poem Types" ...

https://everydaypoems.substack.com/p/poets-and-poems

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love that idea of adapting a villanells into a song. will you also compose music to go with it? (or is that something you'd hand over to someone else? :)

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I have a melody from an old song that I am planning to adapt if possible

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*love*! (and if you do it, we'd really be delighted to hear :)

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All of the above? :-) In the writing, maybe just a haiku or a found poem. Also think I’d like to memorize a new poem. As much as I love Mary Oliver, I don’t think I’ve actually memorized any of her poems.

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oooo, poetry memorization! good one. yes, that would be a great thing to do during national poetry month! :)

find a poem a day? sounds like a cool possible plan :)

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