Quotable Poems
Pick a quote from a book. Any book, any quote. Around one to three lines should do it - dont' make it too long, or you'll take up half the poem!
I'll start off, and my quote is:
To the well-organised mind, death is but the next great adventure.
The next person to write their quote will write mine first, and then add theirs on underneath, then post it. The next person will do the same, writing the two quotes previously posted and then their own onto the end, to build up the poem.
The last person who writes will have posted the whole poem in its entirety!
Stuck for a quote? Open your book at random, close your eyes and jab your finger at the page. Whatever line your finger lands on, that's the quote you choose.
Make it into verses. Keep it as one long piece. Put it into couplets. Do whatever you want.
Have fun!
First Quote, again - To the well-organised mind, death is but the next great adventure. (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) (don't use the title of the book as part of the quote!)
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1. Use any quote you want, from any book you want to use.2. You can only post one line (one quote) at a time
3. Feel free to use all your quotes from the same book
4. Oh, and write the book your quote comes from underneath it (but don't post it as part of the poem! Leave it out!) so that when the poem is finished I'll list which books you lot used for the poem.
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