Where can I find poem writing excersizes?

Question

I've been suffering from extreme writers block. Back in high school, our teacher used to give us a beginning line to our poems and we would write it from there. Is there a website that has ideas and excersizes to get me back on my feet writing again?

Answer 1

This link has tons of writing exercises:
http://www.poetryresourcepage.com/teach/pex.html

also, this is a good resource if you are willing to buy the book:
http://www.ncte.org/store/books/bestsellers/105737.htm

Answer 2

If you really feel that you can't find a good opening line, you're trying to hard. You can take any opening line to just about any sentence and build a poem from it...for example, your question: "I've been suffering from extreme..."

I've been suffereing from extreme
Too much of everything lately
So much at times that I could scream
And lose myself completely

See my point? It's not "what" you see, it's "how" you see it. Don't take spoon fed ideas, read something and when you find a phrase that flows off your tongue, start with that as your opening line.

good luck...and keep writing

Answer 3

Here's a link to some exercises a few of us did on Y/A;

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AnTRX2NK8TbHSt5Yr9oE56rty6IX?qid=20070722193418AAdEwbW&show=7#profile-info-077cb246d3cfb46e6a46d5b081548bbaaa

We explored the different forms together and had a good deal of fun, with some excellent poetic results.