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Monday Poetry Prompt: Park

This week let’s write a park poem. For this prompt let’s use the noun instead of the verb but which kind of part is up to the poet. Write about a park in a city, a national park, an amusement park or any other kind of park. Post your park poem in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Callous

This week let’s write a callous poem. None of our lives are so soft that we don’t have callouses. I still have one on my right middle finger from holding a pen in the days before computers. Of course, there’s also the emotional sense of the word which might yield some good poetry. Let’s toughen … Continue reading

Monday Poetry Prompt: Change, Deal, Extreme

This week let’s write a poem with the words change, deal and extreme 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. Since I couldn’t come up with a good image for … Continue reading

Monday Poetry Prompt: Picnic

This week let’s write a picnic poem. I hope ants and thunderstorms won’t ruin your poem before you post it in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Extinct

This week let’s write an extinct poem. Lots of species have gone extinct and more are every day so feel free to write about that tragedy or maybe write about something less tangible going extinct. Post the end result in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Although, Spring, Woodpecker

Happy March Equinox, poets! This week let’s write a poem with the words although, spring and woodpecker 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 … Continue reading

Monday Poetry Prompt: Origami

This week let’s write an origami poem. It may not be obvious but I think there are a lot of similarities between the art of poetry and the art of origami. Grab a piece of paper, fold in a poem and post it in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Scrapbook

This week let’s write a scrapbook poem. It could be about making a scrapbook or looking through a scrapbook or maybe even making a poetic version of a scrapbook where each stanza is a distinct image, like a snapshot. Post your album in the comments below.

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