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Monday Poetry Prompt

This week’s prompt: write a poem about a sensation of the body Use your own body as a guide for your next poem: think back what your body felt over the last few days. Maybe hot and sweaty or cold and refreshed, maybe fatigued and exhausted or rested and energized. Pick any sensation and write … Continue reading

Monday Poetry Prompt

this week’s prompt: uninvited You can look at it as not being invited to an event, a party, taking part in someone’s life… or does it feel like you are not invited to your own life??? Even worse you can look at the prompt as having been invited and then being uninvited. Write about what … Continue reading

Monday Poetry Prompt

This week’s prompt: ‘Poets’ Write a poem about poets (including yourself :). Feel free to stereotype or be really specific about you and your poet friends. How are poets when writing a poem or when coping with daily life, the world, work… Do you like hanging out with poets? Are they special, different, remarkable, eccentric, … Continue reading

Monday Poetry Prompt

This week’s prompt: which came first…

Monday Poetry Prompt

This week’s prompt: anaphora – a specific anaphora Here is the definition of Anaphora: the repetition of the first word or phrase in sentences or lines in a poem. You can, of course, write a poem with any word or phrase as the anaphora. But if you are up for the challenge, I’d like to ask … Continue reading

Monday Poetry Prompt

This week’s prompt: a form poem the ‘Golden Shovel’ See the explanation of the form on Robert Lee Brewer’s blog for the Golden Shovel or a copy of it below. Terrence Hayes invented this form. In summary, you choose a line or more from one of your favorite poems and use every word of those lines … Continue reading

April Poetry Prompt

REMINDER: During April, we follow Robert Lee Brewer and his Poem-A-Day challenge. He posts a daily prompt on his Writer’s Digest blog ‘Poetic Asides’. We use that as our inspiration for the day. Feel free to post your poems to either Brewer’s blog or here to our blog. Happy Writing!

April Poetry Prompt

REMINDER:  During April, we follow Robert Lee Brewer and his Poem-A-Day challenge. He posts a daily prompt on his Writer’s Digest blog ‘Poetic Asides’. We use that as our inspiration for the day. Feel free to post your poems to either Brewer’s blog or here to our blog. Happy Writing!

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