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Monday Poetry Prompt: Glass, Pound, Badger

This week let’s write a poem with the words glass, pound and badger 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. (Yes, badger is one of the favorites I added.) Post … Continue reading

Monday Poetry Prompt: Agent

This week let’s write an agent poem. Maybe you’ll write about an agent who represents someone or an agent of a government or maybe write about yourself as an agent of change since you are adding to the collective consciousness of the Internet by posting your poem in the comments below.

November Visual Poetry Prompt

Chew on this and post your poem in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Hell

This week let’s write a hell poem. Is Hell other people, as Sartre wrote, or is it not being able to get a decent cup of coffee? Let us know in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Explain, Remark, Carry

This week let’s write a poem with the words explain, remark and carry 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: Shameless

This week let’s write a shameless poem. We’ve all encountered people in our lives how just don’t seem to feel regret about anything they do. Maybe others think of us that way. There’s no shame in poetry unless it’s badly written. Post your regret-free verse in the comments below.

October Visual Poetry Prompt

It’s the time of year when places are looking for a certain theme in their poetry submissions. Let’s give the people what they want in the comments below. (Running “Halloween Poetry Submission” through your favorite search engine, is a fine idea.)

Monday Poetry Prompt: Aerodynamics

This week let’s write an aerodynamic poem. There are plenty of poems about natural flight so let’s get more specific. I want this week’s poem to be about flying in an airplane or some other human invention that gets us off the ground. We’ve only been doing powered flight as a species for less than … Continue reading

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