A Week of Writing Poetry

I began my poetry writing week on Monday, September 1, and I officially end it on Sunday, September 7. I have written six form poems and I have three more to write. So far this week I have written a ballad, roundeau, saraband, decuain, free verse (yes it is a poetry form), and kyrielle. I still have to write a double (mirror) acrostic, sestina, and shakesperian sonnet. This is why I decided not to leave my apartment until Saturday or Sunday and only then if circumstances require me to go to the store.

poetry writing
seven days of blissful joy
with form poetry

I have enough food, coffee, toilet paper, and paper towels to last me this weekend. If I decide to increase my coffee intake then I may have to go to the grocery store for coffee. I don't think I need anything else and if I do I will wait until Monday when I go after my senior commodities and stop at the grocery store before I get the commodities. I cannot go after I get the commodities because the moved the place I go to, which means if I need coffee or anything like that I have to stop before I pick up the rest of the food.

This week I am writing a ballad

This week the Poetic Exploration challenge, on writing.com, is to write a ballad. The ballad has specific rhyme and stanza structure that is normally 4 lines long. The rhyme scheme is one of the following abab, aabb, or abac, with the last line being the chorus line. There are a specific number of syllables, decide the syllable length and stick to it. The ballad is a story and repeats the chorus throughout the poem. Decide on the story, the repeated line, and then add versus to the poem.

I am doing well this week because I have chosen a title and finished the refrain. The title is the Ballad of the Weredragon, which is all I am going to say about it until I have the poem finished.