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July Visual Poetry Prompt

May the spark of inspiration flare before fingers are burnt.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Basic, Medical, Step

This week let’s write a poem with the words basic, medical and step 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: Juneteenth

Happy Juneteenth, poets! Let’s write a poem to celebrate the day and post it in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Discovery

This week let’s write a discovery poem. So many options here, I won’t even bother to offer suggestions just be sure to post what you discover in the comments below.

June Visual Poetry Prompt

Poetry doesn’t take a holiday. Post your work in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Park

This week let’s write a park poem. For this prompt let’s use the noun instead of the verb but which kind of part is up to the poet. Write about a park in a city, a national park, an amusement park or any other kind of park. Post your park poem in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Callous

This week let’s write a callous poem. None of our lives are so soft that we don’t have callouses. I still have one on my right middle finger from holding a pen in the days before computers. Of course, there’s also the emotional sense of the word which might yield some good poetry. Let’s toughen … Continue reading →

Monday Poetry Prompt: Change, Deal, Extreme

This week let’s write a poem with the words change, deal and extreme 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. Since I couldn’t come up with a good image for … Continue reading →

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