The Versesmith

You know those magnetic poetry kits with the words and letters on magnetic squares?  The ones people do on their refrigerators?  Well, you can do those online!   It's fun!  There are several online "kit" options (kids, geeks, nature, happiness, mustache, original), as well as "new" and "classic" versions. The classic is best, because it allows you to put words back or save them to the side, which the new may allow, but it just doesn't feel as user friendly.  Or, it's me...  Each option has hundreds of words, but don't worry, they aren't all given at once!  A page of maybe 25-30 shows, and you can drag out words you like to save below, or place in your poem on the left (classic option).  There are also word endings like "ed" and "ing."  I've overlapped words to make ones I wanted, as seen below in Whispered Dreams ,  with the word "years."   They lines are limited to fit, but if you want a longer poem yo...

Writers' Pantry #76 A few weeks ago a poet shared the link to the online version for those magnetic poetry kits.   https://magneticpoetry.com/pages/play-online I became hooked!  There are five "kits" to choose from, as well as a "family-friendly" page. Using the given words (there are quite a few) required a bit of finagling.  I'm sharing some screenshots of what I came up.  Try it!  You may not get the words to write something "great," but you'll have fun!   In this first, I wish I could go back and switch the first line and title. The first few were written with words from the Poetry Kit.   There is a Mustache Poet kit!  Shave was written using the words in that one. ©2021 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved