Constraint Stories

Une femme tourmentée qui trouvera son bonheur dans le tonnerre ?

People are divided in The Northern States. You are either Perfect, Normal, or Flawed. Clarissa is Perfect, but only barely. That upsets her parents, who are both known for their Perfection. With barely adequate mastery at everything, her real passion is physical activity, which she excels at. West is Normal. Average at pretty much everything, but he has a secret passion: Art. Any kind of visual art on any material. Kev is Flawed. Involved in gangs, drugs and other unlawful practices, he is not only considered a bad person but also is terrible at practically everything except for fighting and hacking, he slowly brews up a rebellion within the system. They do not seem to have anything in common, but they do. And that is the fact all three of them are soon to be in very grave danger.

This is an Etheree-Acrostic constraint poem, first attempt.

Akiko's almond-shaped eyes, with a glint of mystery, met Kaito's for a fleeting moment. In that exchange, an unspoken connection sparked like flint striking steel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "In the heart of Edo-era Japan, where honor is a steel blade and tradition binds tighter than a kimono sash, 'Samurai's Forbidden Tale' unfolds. Within the shadow of feudal castles and amidst the delicate beauty of cherry blossoms, the tale weaves a captivating tapestry of love, honor, and forbidden desire. Follow the journey of Kaito, a devoted young samurai, whose loyalty to his clan is unyielding, until he meets Akiko, a beguiling geisha with a secret as deep as the night. In a world where duty and love collide like opposing tides, their love story becomes a daring dance between the sword and the heart.

The following articles are essays on how to write poetry, by Olan L. Smith, aka Cotton Jones. I was asked to write these article for Wattpad's Poets Pub's Handbook for Poets, 2017. I am collecting them here for my site so they may be easy to find. Love, peace, freedom (Lpf), Olan

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Calum Hood Imagine:) enjoy:3 This story idea is based off the book 'Breathing Under Water', in that note, you should read that book! :D

This is a narrative poem written in free-verse constraint. The model of the constraint is the first two stanza of Poe's poem Ulalume. The message is to heed the effects of global warming on the Earth and not ignore the human fingerprints on it.

A narrative poem going through the story of a bird's struggle and its experience with freedom and constraint. (Inspired by Attack on Titan)

Nova Pierce flipped on the TV to cartoon network and ate her cereal when she was interrupted * Safren has now officially declared war, the king is now calling in all special ability users as it is a national emergency.......* "Shit"

An iambic pentameter using a "ABABCDCDEFEFGG" rhyme scheme I had to make for my sophomore English class. The topic I had was about "hands" so I didn't know where I was going with it until mid writing. I think it is an excellent piece of work regarding the constraints I had put on me, and a just plain good poem in any case. There is a large amount of theories I've thought of for this. Meaning there's many ways you can look at what they are talking about.