POETRY STARTERS - ENDING LINES

Developed by Glennis Hobbs, ©2001

If the poetry muse is eluding you, change tactics. Try writing the concluding line of a poem first. Here are some ending lines for poems. Try them and have fun writing.

1. I just forget that I was there!
   
2. your journey had to end
   
3. without hesitation, I would do it all again.
   
4. and forgive the sins of my past
   
5. and that’s how I made my first million
   
6. his/her wealth is tied up in
   
7. I come to my senses
   
8. the evil spell is broken
   
9. this place is my gateway to heaven
   
10. and that’s what happened when my computer crashed
    
11. that’s what my pet thinks of humans
    
12. it was a pleasure to burn
    
13. the clock struck thirteen
    
14. we are alone here and we are dead
    
15. just then my ghost (mood, barked - use a sound)
    
16. the gusts of wind carried on their singing
    
17. will he/she stay?
    
18. __________ will be our future
19. there are no poems now
    
20. I don’t give a damn
    
21. I'll call you tomorrow, maybe
    
22. I almost believe that
    
23. nothing can substitute for God
    
24. the future remains
25. ____________ was the formula for success
    
26. learn to say no
    
27. a little knowledge was dangerous
    
28. experience is a hard teacher
    
29. if your dreams turn to dust... vacuum
    
30. mistakes are a fact of life
    
31. a friend is another self
    
32. learn to live; remember death
    
33. without the sun I'm silent
    
34. I will always regret my silence
    
35. I’ll put my trust in fate
    
36. don’t turn around
    
37. I must walk away
    
38. at least I won't have to answer the telephone
    
39. to forget you, I must kill you
    
40. I've travelled this road to nowhere
    
41. I must forever make the best of a bad bargain
    
42. Like ships passing in the night, we loved
    
43. Tell me my life again
    
44. Honour your heritage, but welcome the future