I  quite enjoy the notion of revisiting poetry forms, previously trialled, particularly those forms memorable for the challenge they presented and the pleasure derived from persisting.  The pleasing outcome of poetry when it delivers the words land safe and sound is for me, quite rewarding. These poems become our good companions and often reveal things we hadn't previously noticed.  The poetry terrain is vast, so poems come from a variety of cultures, different parts of the world and from different centuries. The choice is part of poetry's appeal.  I am returning to Golden Shovel poems. These poems are a relatively new form of poetry. 'Golden shovel' poems refers to a form of  created by Terrance Hayes around 2010.   A reminder of the rules that apply to the Golden Shovel Poetry form: Take a line (or lines) from a favourite poem Use each word in the chosen line (or lines) as an end word  for each line in your poem. Keep the end words i...

The name, 'Golden shovel,' refers to a form of poetry created by Terrance Hayes around 2010.   The following rules apply to the Golden Shovel Poetry form: Take a line (or lines) from a favourite poem Use each word in the chosen line (or lines) as an end word  for each line in your poem. Keep the end words in order. Give credit to the poet who originally wrote the line (or lines). Your newly created poem does not have to be about the same subject as the poem that provides the selected end words. If you select a line with six words, your poem will be six lines long. The more words you select, the longer the poem will be. Each selected word represents a line. Hayes initially used a frequently published Gwendolyn Brooks poem,  'We Real Cool.' His poem is called 'The Golden Shovel.'  So that's where the name originates. This poetic form offers more freedom for creativity than other forms of found poetry. Keeping the end words in the order th...