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Monday Poetry Prompt: Happy, Leprechaun, Morning

This week let’s write a poem with the words happy, leprechaun and morning in it. This is another of those prompts where I (almost) randomly choose three words from a list of the top 1000 words in the English language plus a few of my favorites. Post your poems in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Stubborn

This week let’s write a stubborn poem. It can be about someone who is stubborn or a stubborn situation or one of those poems that just refuses to be written. Whichever you choose, don’t be difficult. just post the results in the comments below. (Note: use of the word “mule” is prohibited in this prompt. … Continue reading →

March Visual Poetry Prompt

Don’t take this prompt lying down. Post your poem in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Prediction

This week let’s write a prediction poem. Put on your best Nostradamus hat and tell us about the future. (Rhyming quatrains, encouraged but not required.) Post your prophecies in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Apostrophe, Hour, Make

This week let’s write a poem with the words apostrophe, hour and make in it. This is another of those prompts where I randomly choose three words from a list of the top 1000 words in the English language plus a few of my favorites. Post your poems in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Love

With Saint Valentine’s Day looming, this week let’s write a love poem. I’m sure we all have love poems sitting in our unpublished pile but I must insist you write something new this week. Don’t just pull an old one off the stack. Post something fresh and lovely in the comments below.

February Visual Poetry Prompt

Nothing more to say but post your poem in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Saints & Sinners

Last Sunday, Living Poetry held a Germination Workshop, hosted by our founder Angelika. In these workshops we present a series of prompts, write for about five minutes to each and then share what we wrote, if we feel so moved. I find these events very useful. It’s just enough time to get a good start … Continue reading →

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