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This week let’s write a question poem. As those of you who’ve served in workshops with me know, I don’t like questions in poems. Usually they can either be reworded as statements or simply omitted and the poem becomes stronger but for this prompt write a poem that poses “who”, “what”, “where”, “when”, “why” and … Continue reading
This week let’s write a poem with the words circle, few and quality 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.
This week let’s write a love poem (since Valentine’s Day is Wednesday) but you may not use the word “love” nor any of its forms in the either the poem, title or epigraph. Get out your thesauri and post the results in the comments below.
Post a yummy poem in the comments below.
It’s been over a year since I last challenged you with a musical prompt and, since Mozart’s birthday was this past weekend, I’d like you to listen to this 82 second clip of a famous aria from his final opera. If you don’t know German, please don’t translate the lyrics. Just let the music and … Continue reading
This week let’s write a poem with the words below, side and true 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.
This week let’s write a fair poem. That word has a lot of meanings in English but, since it’s MLK Day here in the States, I’d like to focus on fair, as in just and equitable, but if you want to throw in some of the other meanings, it’s only fair that I allow it … Continue reading
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