National Poetry Month is around the corner! As is tradition, Living Poetry will schedule more poetry events during the month of April, National Poetry Month. One of the events we always look forward to is the Poem A Day challenge. We follow Robert Lee Brewer’s blog for daily prompts. Every day, we will post a … Continue reading
This week’s prompt: write a Renga It is a Japanese form that is written by several poets. Each poet writes one stanza and then hands it to the next poet. If you are part of a group or if your friends write, get 3-5 poets to agree with you to write a Renga. If you … Continue reading
This week’s prompt: write a poem about a jar of buttons Buttons are not just used for mending clothing, they are also collected or used in arts & crafts projects, for decoration, etc. Here is an example by Ted Kooser. Happy Writing!
This week’s prompt: visual prompt
This week’s prompt: “your voice is sand scattered in wind”. This is the last line in the poem ‘Afterword’ by Louise Glueck. I thought it was striking to think of my voice as sand that scatters in the wind. Does this statement have a positive or negative connotation to you? Does the metaphor relate for you to … Continue reading