This evening, as an exercise, I tried to write essentially the same poem in three different forms:
One
Unweave the rainbow
Spread a bright skein of fancy
Across a white page
Two
The page is white,
The pen at hand:
Let words take flight
(The page is white)
In colours bright
At my command.
The page is white,
The pen at hand.
Three
The page is white
The pen at hand
Let words take flightIn colours bright
At my command.
The page is white,My mind a-light
With vision grand.
Let words take flight,In sweet delight
Unwind the strand.
The page is whiteNo more. This night
From mind and hand
Let words take flightTo fancy’s height;
There, let them land.
The page is white:
Let words take flight.
Folksong and Fantasy 
Reblogged this on Jane Dougherty Writes and commented:
How to write poems…
Lovely exercise in style, but I have to admit a preference for the succinctness (if that’s a word) of the haiku. It says it all, and the image is beautiful.
It’s an exercise in writing within the lines. And as with all such things one tends to end up favouring form over substance. My hope is that, with sufficient practice, the spark will be retained too.
When it does, you’ll have achieved true poetic greatness. Not kidding.
More if than when, but thank you!
I said ‘when’ quite without thinking. There’s confidence for you 🙂