I elaborate the ritual and
Tolerate your shallow make-up.
… Just incinerate these candles glowing – and
Then perforate these slack silver letters…
I exasperate demands for love
And create my potions with great care.
By the fireplace sit, drink my magic wine
Known as Love Potion Number 9.
(c) G.s.k. ’14
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Here are the eight words from Red Wolf Poems:
candle, wine, silver, shallow, letter, demands, fireplace, slack
And we have TWO twists this week:
Take these five extra words that rhyme, and include them in any way you wish in your poem. Use them for internal rhymes or end-line rhymes.
elaborate, tolerate, perforate, incinerate, exasperate
Write your poem in the Present Simple Tense. Here’s a link for a definition and a game to play, if you wish.
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/present-tense/present-simple