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On this fifth Monday of March, here’s a musical prompt for your poetry. Listen to this two and a half minute piece of music and post a poem in the comments below. National Poetry Month starts on Wednesday and many of us will be engaged in the April Poem-a-Day Challenge. As we’ll be inundated with … Continue reading
On this fifth Monday of December and the final Monday of 2025, here’s a musical prompt for your poetry. Have a listen to this five minute waltz as the year ends and let the words dance. I’m eager to read what you hear in the comments below.
For this fifth Monday of September, I’m offering a musical prompt. Have a listen to this twelve minute video, turn the notes into words and post your poem in the comment below.
Have a listen to this famously sorrowful piece of classical music and write a poem to it. What kind of sorrow do you hear? Grief? Loneliness? Melancholia? Let us know in the comments below.
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!
For this fifth Monday in September, let’s write a poem to a little music. Listen to this three minute piano piece. Normally, I ask you not to do any research into the composition but, in this case, please do. The music is meant to influence you and others then post your poem in the comments … Continue reading
For Halloween let’s be inspired by the fifth movement from Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique then post your own poème fantastique in the comments below.
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