Go back to one of the descriptive writings from earlier in the J-term.
Take it out and add line breaks, maybe stanza breaks. Then edit out words that
aren't completely necessary. Use a thesaurus to punch up the language a bit,
make it more active. Voila! It's a poem! Use the poem excerpt below as a form to structure your poem.
"Tennis in San Juan"
by Reuel Denney
Thin under the arc lighs,
Pin legs in their chalk whites;
The bug of the slammed ball
Trying in vain to get out;
All done in a slow dance
To night tune of the tree frog,
An inch long, glass, co-ki,
co-ki he says, co-ki,
Never seen but heard now,
Heard then, heard and heard
after the sundown, all night.
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