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Welcome to April, National Poetry Month! It promises to be a busy, exhausting month for poets. Many of us will be writing a poem-a-day. For daily prompts I suggest following Robert Lee Brewer’s Poetic Asides blog. I’ll just be re-posting his Sunday prompt here for our usual Monday Poetry Prompt this month. I’ll also be … Continue reading
This week let’s write a cooked poem. Food is very inspiring and everybody eats so post your well done dish in the comments below.
This week let’s write a philosophical poem. The trick is not to make it too abstract. Post your concrete example in the comments below.
This week let’s write a lost poem. We lose things all the time, keys, games, patience, patients. Post your findings in the comments below.
Post your reaction in the comments below. I’m eager to read what blows in.
Yesterday I attended a “close read” of T. S. Eliot’s poem The Waste Land where we tried to figure out all the references and strange allusions. It was a lot of fun despite the subject matter and now I think all feel like we at least have a handle on what it might mean. It’s … Continue reading
This week, let’s write a merger poem. If you’re like me, you have more unfinished poems lazing around your hard drive than finished ones. Take two more-or-less at random and trying merging them together then post the amalgamation in the comments below.
This week let’s summon some warmth and write an August poem. Even though it’s six months away, we can still imagine late summer. Post your results in the comments below.
Living Poetry 