Erratum

CRAFT TERM

Oct 26

Erratum is a statement of a error and its correction inserted, usually on a separate page or slip of paper, in a book or other publication.

via Dictionary.com

Example

Printed at the back of a book, or inserted as an additional page you might find an erratum such as Harold Pinter's...

On page 13 the third line of the second stanza should read:
Over the boulder and the moonlit hill,

Prompt

Two Truths and A Lie: using previously written poem drafts, find lines that have errors or that feel erroneous. Next, compile two of these lines together with one new line (or image). In this sense, the errors will be become your "truths" and the new line will be your "lie."

Keep repeating this pattern until you've created a 21 line poem.

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