Read Tony Hoagland's poem, "Dickhead." Then:
1) Make a list of your favorite words, or of special idiomatic expressions you find yourself using frequently, or of expressions which irritate you or amuse you.
2) Pick one.
3)
Write a poem about that word.
"As long as there is desire, we will not be safe."
1) Make a list of politically incorrect words, expressions, and actions.
2) Read Tony Hoagland's poem "Adam and Eve."
3)
Write a poem about some politically incorrect word, expression or action.
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Read Tony Hoagland's "The Replacement." Then:
Rewrite
the poem. Keep the first stanza as-is, but change the word "brother"
(line 2) to "sister." Change also "with the brain of a man" (line 3)
to "with the brain of a woman." Rewrite the remainder of the poem
as you believe is appropriate, given the new beginning.