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For this week’s prompt: write about this fashionista Miss ‘Rosy Maple Moth’ This picture was taken at our own Shelley Lake in Raleigh. I had no idea that moths could be that flashy, risking being spotted and eaten for one glorious moment of sparkle and glamour. The courage! Happy Writing!
For this week’s prompt, imagine the following scenario: someone who is close to you falls in love with someone who, you can clearly see, is not good for your friend/loved one, emotionally, financially or physically, etc… What is your long-term reaction to that person’s decision, what is the state of mind you settle into when all … Continue reading
For this week’s prompt: write an imitation poem to Lorca’s poem ‘Death’. You could only imitate the form or the topic or the highly associative approach to a difficult topic or you could stay very close to the poem and write your highly associative version of a Death poem in the same structure. Have fun! … Continue reading
We’ve finally reached the last prompt we will use from the Poetic Asides blog during National Poetry Month. For this prompt, take one of the many words invented by William Shakespeare and make it the title of your poem. Of course, you can always try to use as many Shakespearean words as you can. Here … Continue reading
For today’s prompt, take your pick one of these prompts from the previous week of the Poetic Asides PAD Challenge Pick an adjective, make it the title of your poem, then write your poem (Day 15) Pick two vowels and write a poem containing one or both of these vowels; the letter y is a … Continue reading
For today’s prompt, try your hand at one of those infamous fill-in-the-blank prompts from the Poetic Asides Poem-a-Day Challenge: How <Blank>. These prompts are fun to do because you can let your imagination run wild! Happy writing! Pamela
For National Poetry Month, we following the 2015 Poem-a-Day Challenge from Robert Brewer’s Poetic Asides blog. For today’s prompt, take your pick from one of the first 5 prompts or try to use all the words in your poem: Resistance Secret Machine Departure Vegetable Happy writing! Pamela
This week’s prompt: re-write actions or views of a person from the bible, torah, koran… Pick a figure from your guiding book and write a poem about that ‘person’, casting the person’s character or actions or opinions in a different light. A great example is Ansel Elkins’ Autobiography of Eve. Happy Writing! Angelika
