Describe in great detail your favorite room, place, meal, day, or person. You can do this in paragraph form.Now cut unnecessary words like articles and determiners (a, the, that) and anything that isn’t really necessary for content; leave mainly nouns, verbs, a few adjectives.Cut the lines where you see fit and, VOILA! A poem!
A Tale of Old Age
Poppy’s beard is white; old age is his delight.
His terrier instinct clear; old Time he does not fear.
He gives his cue for our walk with a busy tail that talks.
So, out the door we go though our walk a little slow.