Unlock Hidden Meanings: Transform Your Poems with This Surprising Wordplay Exercise

That’s the magic of wordplay in poetry.

Poetry Exercise: Creative Wordplay

Today’s poetry writing exercises encourage you to invent fresh and interesting words and phrases by using language in unexpected ways. To get started, you’ll need some words to work with, so make four lists of about a dozen words each:

1. Nouns (examples: cat, sky, food)
2. Adjectives (examples: blue, jolly, flat)
3. Verbs (examples: dance, squat, bite)
4. Suffixes and prefixes: (examples: non-, anti-, -er)

Once you’ve got some words to work with, you can start playing with them. As you work through the steps below, don’t confine yourself to the words you’ve pre-selected. Bring new words into your lists as needed or as you feel inspired to do so.

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