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We’re three-quarters of the way through National Poetry Month. Here’s my favorite prompt from last week: For today’s prompt, write a temptation poem. Nearly everyone is tempted by something: fame, glory, money, chocolate. Today is the perfect day to give in to the temptation to write about your (or “a friend’s”) temptation. Also, I totally … Continue reading
Hope everyone is enjoying National Poetry Month and gets lots of good work done. If you haven’t already, I encourage you to follow Robert Lee Brewer’s Poetic Asides blog for a daily prompt this month. Here’s what he offered this morning. For today’s prompt, write a favorite poem. Maybe that sounds a bit silly, but … Continue reading
You can’t make a rainbow omelette without breaking a few Easter eggs. Post your poetic breakfast below.
Welcome April, National Poetry Month! Tomorrow I’ll publish our monthly visual poetry prompt but the remaining Mondays I’ll simply recapitulate Robert Lee Brewer’s Sunday prompt from his April Poem-A-Day Challenge. I encourage all poets to give the P.A.D. challenge a try. It’s excellent exercise and you’re practically guaranteed to get at least a couple of … Continue reading
This week let’s write a poem about gardening. It’s the time of year, at least here in North Carolina, where gardeners start tilling the soil. Of course, poets can garden metaphorically any time of the year. Post your harvest below.
This week let’s write a poem about moss, the way it covers trees, how it feels when you pet it, the various shades of green. Set your poetic stone a rolling and post the results below.
How’s the weather out there? Here’s a visual poetry prompt from JeanMarie Olivieri. Post your forecast below.
This week let’s write an anarchy poem. Is it possible to write a form poem about anarchy? Would an anarchy sonnet even work? Post your answer below.
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