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Category: Poetry Prompts

  • What does it mean to be a poet in a museum?

    What does it mean to be a poet in a museum?

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    What does it mean to be a poet in a museum?

  • Prompt #23: Secrets

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    We’re nearing the end of our journey in poetry together with only a few days remaining.  Remember, you can share your work in the comment section or via email at aprilpameticky@hotmail.com. Prompt #23: Secrets Secrets can be powerful or life-altering.  Sometimes they are little things, silly, quiet moments we don’t share with others. Secrets can also…

  • Prompt # 22: Spoken Word

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    Prompt #22: Spoken Word Many of my fellow writers are spoken-word artists.  This lends itself to a completely different style of writing with poets paying close attention to how things sound aloud. As you are going through your day, listen for words or phrases that jump out at you. Perhaps it’ll be a co-worker that mouths…

  • Prompt # 21: Pillory

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    Prompt #21: Pillory pl. pil·lo·ries A wooden framework on a post, with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly locked to be exposed to public scorn as punishment. tr.v. pil·lo·ried, pil·lo·ry·ing, pil·lo·ries 1. To expose to ridicule and abuse. 2. To put in a pillory as punishment. We are using that…

  • Prompt #20: Memory

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    Prompt #20: Memory In The Palm of Your Hand: The Poet’s Portable Workshop by Steve Kowit, 1995 “Poems are often generated by memories that haunt us—memories that suddenly return out of the blue, or memories that are familiar companions and part of the fabric of our lives—memories that are too precious and sweet not to…