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In about seven hours, the September equinox occurs so let’s write a poem to celebrate. If you’re in the Southern hemisphere, spring arrives. For those of us in the North, autumn is here. Everyone can write about this moment of balance when days and nights are equal and we’re spinning in the same plane as … Continue reading
This week let’s write a poem with the words climax, leg and quite 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 an excuse poem. Whether justifying your own poor choices or attempting to explain the actions of another, describe the extenuating circumstances and mitigating evidence, real or hypothesized, anything to shift the blame. You have no excuse for not posting a poem in the comments below.
This week let’s write a crescent moon poem. The moon was new on Saturday so, if you have reasonably clear skies at sunset, you should be able to see the crescent thin moon in the western twilight. Let’s get inspired and post a poem in the comments below.
This week let’s write a poem with the words office, reasonable and up 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.
A couple of Sundays ago, Living Poetry held a Germination Workshop, hosted by our founder Angelika. In these workshops we present a series of prompts, write for about five minutes to each and then share what we wrote, if we feel so moved. If you’d like to get involved in the next one, we hold … Continue reading
This week let’s write a vacation poem. It’s that time of the year (at least here in the Northern Hemisphere) where we tend to take some time off. Write about a vacation past, present or future. Ideal or disastrous. Family roadtrip or solo adventure. Just don’t forget to post your poem in the comments below … Continue reading
This week let’s write a poem with the words plan, go and consonance 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. (Yes, consonance is one of my favorites.) Post your poems … Continue reading
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