I always fall back on this fun and challenging technique when I’ve not written in a while. Someone once called it ‘antimony poetry’. Basically, you choose an existing poem and write poem beside that one but make it contra. It can be opposite in that word for word is flipped or just what you see as being pivotal can be changed. It’s so open to interpretation!
I chose one of my favourite Edgar Allan Poe poems – El Dorado as the centre of this antimony poem. And it was freeing.
Edgar Allan Poe’s original poem can be found here:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48634/eldorado-56d22a0920778