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July Visual Poetry Prompt

Don’t forget to post your poem in the comments below before the inspiration floats away.

June Musical Poetry Prompt

Have a listen to this short piece, maybe put it on loop, and write some poetry then post your results in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Summer

This week is the Summer Solstice, Tuesday at 5:14am EDT to be precise, so let’s write a summer poem. This one should be fairly easy since all you’ll need to do is step outside and feel the heat and humidity in the air. Of course, there’s more to summer than the weather. And for our … Continue reading →

Monday Poetry Prompt: Boat, Enter, Neruda

This week let’s write a poem with the words boat, enter and Neruda in it. (Yes, that’s Neruda as in Pablo Neruda.) 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 … Continue reading →

June Visual Poetry Prompt

Just two weeks ’til the solstice.

May Musical Poetry Prompt

This musical clip is a little longer than I’ve shared before at eleven minutes but I find lots of interesting emotions welling up when I listen. Let’s see what you hear in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Garden

This week let’s write a garden poem. This subject is ripe with metaphor. Let this prompt be the seed in the fertile soil of your mind then post the harvest in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Add, Kind, Maple

This week let’s write a poem with the words add, kind and maple 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. (Rolling maple a week after the tree prompt was mere … Continue reading →

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