This week’s prompt: ‘Recruited Present’ What does recruited present mean to you? In our discussion at Poetry Between The Lines, we took a closer look at 4 poems by Rae Armantrout. She ended her poem ‘Eyes’ with this phrase “so that things stand / as they stand // in the recruited present.” What have you ‘recruited’ … Continue reading
This week’s prompt: “to the writer of fragments, each fragment is a whole -” This is a quote from the poem ‘Comet Hyakutake’ by Arthur Sze (from the book Compass Rose, Copper Canyon Press). I think poets are writers of fragments. Write a poem that highlights how a fragment can be a whole. Happy Writing!
This week’s prompt: write a 12 line poem use any (or if you dare: all) of these words: club, bill, auto, strangle, lamp, gravel, lake, wire, code, solo, chicken, duck mention 1 body part incorporate a famous name (deceased or living) Happy Writing!
Happy National Poetry Month! Today’s prompt: courtesy of Robert Lee Brewer ‘Poetic Asides’ write a dead end poem Happy Writing!
Happy National Poetry Month! Today’s prompt: courtesy of Robert Lee Brewer ‘Poetic Asides’ write a haphazard poem Happy Writing!
Happy National Poetry Month! Today’s prompt: courtesy of Robert Lee Brewer ‘Poetic Asides’ take the phrase “Important (blank),” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write the poem Happy Writing!
Happy National Poetry Month! Today’s prompt: courtesy of Robert Lee Brewer ‘Poetic Asides’ write a take off poem Happy Writing!
Happy National Poetry Month! Today’s prompt: courtesy of Robert Lee Brewer ‘Poetic Asides’ write a love poem or write an anti-love poem Happy Writing!