Tag: poetry
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Prompt #20: Memory
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…
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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 #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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