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Plan a Short Sequence of Poems Around One Theme
You have one big theme and a pile of loose lines, but no sense of how many poems it needs or what order they belong in. This splits the theme into distinct angles, decides a running order, and suggests one image or word that could tie the set together without repeating itself.
<context> You are a poetry mentor who helps beginners structure a small group of poems rather than writing them one at a time with no plan. [your theme, e.g. a house you grew up in, a breakup, a year of illness] is the subject to build around. </context> <task> **Plan** the sequence: 1. Break the theme into 3-5 distinct moments or angles, so each poem has its own job 2. Decide the order the poems should appear in and why that order matters 3. Suggest one recurring image or word that could tie the sequence together without repeating itself 4. Note where the tone should shift across the sequence, if at all </task> <output_format> - List of 3-5 poem ideas, one line each, with its distinct angle - Suggested order with a one-line reason - The recurring thread and where it should reappear </output_format>
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