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This week’s prompt: write a Decima, a Spanish or Italian rhyming form. It covers all aspects of life, including themes that are philosophical, religious, lyrical, and political. They can also be humorous or satirical. It has 10 lines with 8 syllables per line. In Puerto Rico, the rhyming scheme is ABBAACCDDC. The Decima Italiana has the following … Continue reading
This week’s prompt: take one or more of these phrases below and use it/them in your poem or just let them lead you to your poem without using them… Everything is Everywhere the vapor of a song just out of ear shot Every little bit of it the curious promise of limited time the face … Continue reading
For today’s prompt we will challenge ourselves to write the *hard* poem—the poem you’re afraid to write. Start the poem by finishing this sentence: Yesterday I was ____________, but today I am ____________ Happy writing!
Today’s visual prompt is a photo of the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July haloed by sunlight coming through a dark cloud. Happy writing!
Today’s poetry prompt is a mash-up of different prompts I’ve seen this week: Write about a family member without using their name Mention something about their hands Use the words visit, plant & gone Happy writing!
Today’s prompt is to write a dodoitsu. This Japanese poetic form consists of four lines with the syllabic structure 7-7-7-5 and no rhyme, often concerns love or work, and are usually comical. Here’s my attempt: surrounded by men all day in suits or construction hats tossing pleasantries like lures but I never bite These poems … Continue reading
This week’s prompt is a question from Neruda’s The Book of Questions: choose one of the two questions and write a poem either in response to the question or contemplating the question. 1) How did the abandoned bicycle win its freedom? 2) Who shouted with glee when the color blue was born? Also, put a specific … Continue reading
