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This week let’s write a grave poem. It’s a grave business, engraving markers of graves. Post your epitaph in the comments below.
This week let’s write a poem with the words political, sharp and wonder 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 sour poem. Dive into the visceral when you taste lemon or sour candy. Explore the figurative like being a sourpuss. Whatever the flavor, post your poem in the comments below.
This week let’s a useless poem. A lot of people out there think poetry is useless but we know better. Write about something that is useless or maybe about those times when you feel useless. Whatever you choose to write put it to good use by posting it in the comments below.
This week let’s write a poem with the words determine, state and turtle 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 green poem without using the word “green”. That color has come to represent a lot in our language so let’s play with that. It’s not easy but post your poem in the comments below.
This week let’s write a question poem. As those of you who’ve served in workshops with me know, I don’t like questions in poems. Usually they can either be reworded as statements or simply omitted and the poem becomes stronger but for this prompt write a poem that poses “who”, “what”, “where”, “when”, “why” and … Continue reading
This week let’s write a poem with the words circle, few and quality 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.
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