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This week let’s write an architectural poem. Architecture, like poetry, is an art form so this could count as an ekphrastic prompt. Write a poem about a famous building or architect, or maybe design your own building with a poem instead of blueprints. Post your construction in the comments below.
Here’s looking at you, June.
This week let’s write a grave poem. It’s a grave business, engraving markers of graves. Post your epitaph in the comments below.
This week let’s write a poem with the words political, sharp and wonder 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 sour poem. Dive into the visceral when you taste lemon or sour candy. Explore the figurative like being a sourpuss. Whatever the flavor, post your poem in the comments below.
If you survived National Poetry Month, post a poem in the comments below.
This will be the only post in April, National Poetry Month. Feel free to use the American Academy of Poets poster for the month as a prompt. Many of us are writing a poem-a-day to celebrate. I tend to use the daily prompts posted at Robert Lee Brewer’s Write Better Poetry blog but others swear … Continue reading
This week let’s a useless poem. A lot of people out there think poetry is useless but we know better. Write about something that is useless or maybe about those times when you feel useless. Whatever you choose to write put it to good use by posting it in the comments below.
