I'd like to start off by saying that this is not my idea, but rather something I enjoyed and participated in on a different site.

Post five words. They can be related or so unrelated your head spins. Either one. :3
The following person must create a poem using at least three of those words, and up to two of those words can change form (like verbs, or plural nouns). Then, after their poem, they must post five new words for the game to continue.

Here's an example:
Words: sleep, fear, calm, light, cloud
Poem:
The darkness was absolute;
no light slithered forth from
the night beside my window pane.
Perhaps the clouds obscured the moon--
along with the street lamps
and all the traveling insomniacs as well.
Fear washed over me like a wave
upon the sand.
Dimly I wondered when the
nightmares of sleep had come
crawling into my sleepless head.

(So I made that one up on the spot. It'll do.)

Sound like fun? :D
It doesn't matter if it's good or bad, and even if you aren't a poet you can still participate.

So here's the first five words:
Persist, stare, far, serenade, rose

Credit for game goes to aliGEE over at Roliana.