This is a technique for collecting and combining words into sentences that "feel" like poems. In a Poem Sketch, we take the four words in a word-group and put them into sentences that fit together to make sense.
rooster
snow
boards
cold |
harvest
beauty
horse
rows |
afternoon
flies
cows
tails |
homeless
fountain
fairies
stone |
swan
butterfly
drizzle
sleep |
traveler
spirit
body
night
|
barefoot
sunrise
words
green |
simple
clear
angel
poem |
Emperor
children
firefly
moon |
cities
ladders
dust
gold |
dogwood
homesick
blossoms
brain |
mailbox
mile
inch
snowflake |
artwork
shadows
summer
path |
light
grandchild
empty
porch |
morning
breath
fingers
soul |
wall
heroes
grave
spring |
firewood
tales
music
axe |
childhood
woods
rust
gate |
milkweed
field
wind
glory |
sky
God
wire
dove |
seen
unseen
distance
wild |
voice
supper
stillness
grass |
dragonfly
pond
face
silence |
journey
patience
kingdom
worth |
time
quiet
whiten
pines |
waves
jewels
shore
queen |
mountain
carve
water
stone |
crow
eternity
eye
sunflower |
thief
window
shhh
moon |
insects
golden
paint
life |
night
father
clouds
shapes |
sleeve
hut
bowls
tears |
sun
king
orchards
crown |
cloud
ants
elephant
bridge |
money
petals
count
touch |
clothesline
mother
wonder
sheets |
deer
fog
snap
dawn |
hearts
rules
boys
breeze |
house
black
winter
white |
Mozart
dust
silver
rain |
knots
color
river
girl |
leaf
unfold
small
near |
dance
spin
energy
death |
blue
lake
heron
dusk |
cottonwood
breeze
horizon
sun |
hawk
coyote
thunder
hill |
combine
(tractor)
afternoon
purple
light |
windmills
hope
Depression
dust |