Category: Poetry Prompts
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Prompt #19: I What?
Prompt # 19: I What? Today’s prompt comes from The Writer’s Idea Book, page 48: “Mona Simpson begins her story ‘Lawns’ with the sentence ‘I Steal.’ Begin a … poem … with the line ‘I ________.’ Push forward from there. If you can think of one action that speaks to who you are, what would…
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Prompt # 18: Form
Prompt# 18: Form Recently someone asked me how to become a poet. I answered honestly: I have no idea. I just started writing. Then I read. Then I thought about what I had read. Then I read some more. And finally I went back to writing. I realize that there are ‘rules’ to writing poems…
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Prompt #17: Water
Prompt #17: Water I can’t explain my fascination with water. It appears in many of my poems from Sand River (note the title) and many of the cities I’ve called home have been next to large bodies of water. Recently I purchased a yoga video by Shiva Rea. She believes that since our bodies are…
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Prompt #16: Those Other Senses
Prompt #16: Those Other Senses We rely heavily on our sight, even in our writing. If this month of poetry does nothing else, I hope it helps writers flex unused muscles. I know that there have been prompts already that specifically emphasize what we ‘see’ with our poetry vision. So it may seem ironic that…
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Prompt # 15: Character as Poem
From Garrison Keillor’s Good Poems 2002 Prompt #15: Character as Poem Take the time to describe someone, either from memory or someone you currently know. Avoid sentimentality–this is not an Ode or an homage, so describe without cheese. Instrument of Choice describes a lonely girl with both humor and a biting cruelty. Instrument of Choice…
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