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This week let’s write a poem about a winter storm. As I type this on a frigid Sunday night, freezing rain is pattering my windows and I’m hoping I won’t wake up to cold, powerless house. But there is sledding so slide your poem into the comments below.
Happy MLK Day to my fellow Americans! This week let’s write a poem with the words service, son and today 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 … Continue reading
This week, let’s write a clairvoyant poem. Do you have ESP? Of course you don’t but it’s easy to imagine so let’s write about what you’d remote view and what you’d see. Post you precognition or retro in the comments below.
This week let’s write a chimney poem. Hang your best metaphors and similes with care in the hopes that some readers soon will be there. Then post your poem, covered with ashes and snow, right there, down in the comments below.
This week let’s write a poem with the words candle, religion and sit 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.
This week let’s write a ache poem. Let’s get visceral. We’ve all experienced aches before. Maybe we’re aching right now. Write about it! Really get into the sensation, show us the ache, make us feel it too. For bonus points, make it a metaphor for something. I’m aching to see some poetry posted in the … Continue reading
This week let’s write a feast poem. The Thanksgiving holiday is on Thursday this week here in the States so there’ll be plenty of people feasting and, sadly, way too many who can’t. But we can still feast on poetry and you can make me thankful I offered this prompt by posting your poem in … Continue reading
This week let’s write a poem with the words feel, less and word 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. (BTW, the image … Continue reading
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