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Monday Poetry Prompt: Holiday Listicle

This week let’s write a Holiday Listicle poem. If you’ve spent any time on the internet you’ve seen those ads for listicles with catchy titles like “7 Reasons Cats Hate Christmas” or “9 New Years Resolutions to Astound your Friends” or “13 Gift Ideas for a Curmudgeonly Old Poet”. I don’t care if the poem … Continue reading

Monday Poetry Prompt: Goal

This week let’s write a goal poem. It can be about setting goals, achieving goals or, if you’re like me, you’re interested a specific kind of goal this month. Take your best shot and, in this case, hit the Post (button) to share your GOOOOOOOALLLL in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Waste Land

This month marks the centenary of the publication of T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, so let’s write a waste land poem. You don’t have to know the poem to use the prompt though I strongly encourage you to read The Waste Land at some point in your career as a poet. It’s a remarkable … Continue reading

Monday Poetry Prompt: Combine, Time, Upon

This week let’s write a poem with the words combine, time and upon 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.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Favor

This week let’s write a favor poem. Have you ever done someone a favor or had one done for you? How’d it turn out? Be careful what you wish for and post your poem in the comments below. (I couldn’t find a good stock image for “favor” so here’s a dog in a Halloween sweater.)

Monday Poetry Prompt: Smooth

This week let’s write a smooth poem. Taken literally or poetically, smooth is a great adjective to play with. Let’s have some fun and once you’ve taken care of the rough edges, post it in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Council, Mark, Store

This week let’s write a poem with the words council, mark and store 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.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Restaurant

This week let’s write a restaurant poem. It could be about the food, the customers, the ambience. It could be about a fancy place with tuxedoed waiters or a dive where you’re worried about finding a roach in your french fries. It could have nothing to do with the restaurant and just be set there … Continue reading

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