Writing Prompt for Monday
- Take Wilfred Owen's poem, Conscious. Find it here: http://www.poemtree.com/poems/Conscious.htm
- Write it out, leaving a blank space under each line.
- Interpret each line as you understand it, using your own words.
- Take what you have written and re-write it without looking at the original poem.
- Check that you have not used any of Owen's words or phrasing: you should have an entirely different poem.
- BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO PLAGIARISE! There is no copyright on ideas but there is on words.
- Try not to have the same form; the poem is a starting point, not a template.
- Reference the original poem in the title e.g. After Wilfred Owen's 'Conscious'. I once used Owen's Anthem For Doomed Youth in this way, made it about Afghanistan, and called it Afghan Anthem. The poem was nothing like the original; it was simply the inspiration for it.
- Have fun!
Andy N
Thu 20th Nov 2014 12:42