Swap Quatrain

Swap Quatrain

by | Oct 30, 2025 | Poetic Styles, Poetry

The Swap Quatrain was created by Lorraine M. Kanter. A swap quatrain is a four-line poetic form where the first line is reversed to become the fourth line. This is done for each stanza in a poem, creating a repeating structure. The poem follows a consistent rhyming...
Reverse Poetry

Reverse Poetry

by | Oct 15, 2025 | Poetic Styles, Poetry

  Reverse poetry is a form of poetry where a poem can be read both from top to bottom and from bottom to top offering different and opposite perspectives of the theme chosen.   Here are some simple steps that will help you craft a reverse poem;   STEP 1...
Blackout Poetry

Blackout Poetry

by | Oct 9, 2025 | Poetic Styles, Poetry

Blackout poetry is a form of found poetry created by erasing or blacking out words from an existing text in a magazine or newspaper. The words that are not blacked out result in an entirely new poem that is quite unique in its context.   Here are the steps to...
Dystopian Dreams

Dystopian Dreams

by | Oct 6, 2025 | drabble, Stories

Prompt by ArtoonsInn: Write a story set in the year 2100. Word count 80-100 *** ๐ด๐‘  ๐ผ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘‰๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘Ž. ๐‘€๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘š๐’” ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’. ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘ ...
Purged

Purged

by | Oct 2, 2025 | Poetry, Structured

Pitted paths permeate,  Perfect portraits pulverize Punctuating peace.    Painful past prevails, Pulsating pain prolongs, Pills plenty prescribed.    Polarized perspectives play Pounding patterns poignant, Penning poems promises parallel...