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February Visual Poetry Prompt

Nothing more to say but post your poem in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Saints & Sinners

Last Sunday, Living Poetry held a Germination Workshop, hosted by our founder Angelika. In these workshops we present a series of prompts, write for about five minutes to each and then share what we wrote, if we feel so moved. I find these events very useful. It’s just enough time to get a good start … Continue reading

Monday Poetry Prompt: Fox, River, Well

This week let’s write a poem with the words fox, river and well 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: Upheaval

My apologies for the late prompt. This week let’s write an upheaval poem. How do you feel when the unexpected and unwelcome storm into your life? (Like when you weekly poetry prompt appear twelve hours later than usual.) Post your poem in the comments below.

January Visual Poetry Prompt

Catch the scent of a new poem and post it in the comments below.

December Musical Poetry Prompt

For the final Monday of 2024, let’s write a poem inspired by this piece of music. Please don’t do any research, just listen to the music and write from the emotions it evokes then post your poem in the comments below. Happy New Year!

Monday Poetry Prompt: Eggnog

This week let’s write an eggnog poem. ‘Tis the season. With cinnamon or nutmeg, spiked or not, post your poem in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Memory, Seven and Holly

This week let’s write a poem with the words memory, seven and holly in it. This is another of those prompts where I (somewhat) 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.

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