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June Musical Poetry Prompt

Have a listen to this famously sorrowful piece of classical music and write a poem to it. What kind of sorrow do you hear? Grief? Loneliness? Melancholia? Let us know in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Summer

Last Friday night was the Summer Solstice for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere and since a lot of us will be dealing with a heat wave this week, let’s write a summer poem. For our Southern Hemisphere poets, write a winter poem. Embrace the cold and dark or recall memories of winters past. … Continue reading

Monday Poetry Prompt: Game, Hot, Until

This week let’s write a poem with the words game, hot and until 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: Dry Goods

This week let’s write a dry goods poem. I’d heard that term all my life but never really understood what was a dry good and what wasn’t until researching this prompt. Even though dry goods won’t spoil, post your poem promptly in the comments below.

June Visual Poetry Prompt

Take a seat, write a poem, post it in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Arctic, Slow, Wolf

This week let’s write a poem with the words Arctic, slow and wolf 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: Soaring

This week let’s write a soaring poem. Up, up and away but don’t forget post your poem in the comments below upon landing.

May Visual Poetry Prompt

Hope you all had a productive National Poetry Month.

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