POEM STARTER
Take the first line from a book and use it to begin a poem.
Try to choose a book at random and challenge yourself to write the poem around it, instead of planning to choose a book based on your poem idea.
Bad Omens
First (proper) line from Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
It was a nice day.
But Ben still had to go.
He’d been nice.
He’d brought some ice
Cream but
Ben was dangerous.
He played the part well,
That of the caring husband,
of the loving son,
the gracious brother.
But oh my,
and it’s such a bother,
Ben was dangerous.
He had to go.
He was dangerous
in the way sleeping
with a domesticated lion is.
He was dangerous
in the way driving
at 80 miles per hour
through the city is.
Sure, you can do it.
Sure, it might go well a thousand times.
But the chance,
the chance for disaster is high.
You’re basically courting death.
So, Ben just had to go.
