Welcome to Day 30 of Hooked on Writing, your free online writing course. This online workbook will help you create a writing habit in 31 days.

Ode to my knees

Aim:

Poetry can gives us fresh eyes as writers. It allows us to see ourselves and our creativity differently.

How:

Make a list of three of your body parts you like and three that you don’t.

1. Write a short poem about a body part you like but make it sound like your worst feature.
2. Then…write a short poem about a body part you don’t like but make it sound like your best feature.

You may use free verse or any other poetic structure.

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Result:

This allows us to switch our perceptions on certain subjects or themes.

At Night

Use your writing journal here. Write ‘At Night’ at the top of a clean page. Free write or expand on the exercise you’ve completed today. (If you want to buy the downloadable workbook, which includes space for these exercises, you can get it in our store for only $20.)

‘A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.’ – W.H. Auden