ALPHABET POEMS

Uses letters as points of departure for lines or whole poems.

exercise uno

Write a poem just from the way the letter looks.

WHO ARE YOU. CROOKED Z?

Scurrying down the steps

your keys wait by the door

next in line
your wallet waits in the pocket
of another coat.

exercise dos
write a 26 letter poem with a-z as the first letters of each word.

bold catastrophes drip energy.
forget gain.
hold instances judiciously
(karma.)
like monkeys navigate
orangutan prairies.
(quite.)
red supermodels
trust underwear
(vixens.)
witchdoctor xenophobes yell zulu.