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Category: Poetry Prompts

  • Prompt # 14: Behind the Door

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    By this time, most of you have been writing with us for over two weeks now.  I figure you’ve got the hang of it and know how to leave your responses in the comment section or by emailing poems to aprilpameticky@hotmail.com. Prompt #14: Behind the Door This image is from the Bartlett Arboretum, and if…

  • Prompt #13: 10 Things You Know to be True

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    Welcome back! Today’s prompt takes a little bit more time from you, but watching the Sarah Kay video is worth it.  A popular poet and teacher, Sarah Kay explains what poetry means to her during a TED talk.  Your “assignment” [prompt] is to make a list of your own: 10 things YOU know to be…

  • Prompt #12: Why Write?

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    Welcome back for another day of writing!  Feel free to share your response in the comment section below, or you could email them to me directly at aprilpameticky@hotmail.com.  Prompt #12: Why Write? Jack Heffron, author of The Writer’s Idea Book, says that “writing is an act of hope.”  Each time we make the effort, we…

  • Prompt #11: Tell a Story

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    If you would like, you may email your responses directly to me at aprilpameticky@hotmail.com, or leave your efforts in the comment section below each day’s prompt.  I would be happy to share work and links back to bloggers and poets that have decided to participate. Many of you may already have a poem or piece…

  • Prompt #10: Keeper Image

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    Thank you for visiting in honor of National Poetry Month.  It is my hope that through this month, you’ve set time aside to let your creativity flow… maybe even in poem form.   This image is as familiar to many Wichitans as their own front doors.  The Keeper of the Plains stands at the joining of…