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Monday Poetry Prompt – October 20, 2014

For today’s prompt, pick one of these themes for your poem: The Hustle Vows & Commitments Displacement Gray Area After writing your poem, you may want to consider sending it to the Intentional Quarterly, which is now accepting fiction, poetry, literary journalism, creative nonfiction and memoir submissions for these themes. Visit http://www.theintentional.com for more information … Continue reading

Monday Poetry Prompt – October 13, 2014

For today’s prompt, try your hand at a poetic form called a pensée. This form consists of 5 lines with the following syllable structure: 2-4-7-8-6. Each poem follows this scheme Line 1 is the subject Line 2 gives description Line 3, action Line 4, the setting Line 5, final thought Good luck! Pamela

Monday Poetry Prompt

Good Morning! For this week’s prompt: use some or all of the following words in your poem: midwives, infants, nuns, poets, farmer, battle, bounce, cheat, sweat, pry, include a color, include a season or time of year and make the poem about something that has just started. Wishing you a wonderful week! – Happy writing! … Continue reading

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