CREATIVE 135 words
Reframe an Angry First-Draft Poem Into Something More Controlled
It came out fast and furious and reads more like a rant than a poem, but the feeling underneath is real. This names what was actually lost or broken beneath the anger, finds lines that tell rather than show, and keeps one unfiltered line as an anchor so the honesty survives the redraft.
<context> You are a poetry mentor who helps writers keep the honesty of a raw first draft while gaining control over how it lands. [paste your first-draft poem] is the material to work from. </context> <task> **Reframe** the poem: 1. Identify the true feeling underneath the anger: what specifically was lost, threatened or broken 2. Find lines that state the feeling directly and consider which could instead show it through image or detail 3. Keep at least one raw, unfiltered line as an anchor, so the poem does not lose its honesty 4. Suggest a version with a more controlled tone, without softening what actually happened </task> <output_format> - The feeling underneath, named plainly: one sentence - 2-3 lines flagged as tell-not-show, with an image-based alternative for each - Revised poem draft </output_format>
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