Tag: prompts
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4/2 Oooh April, looking good this Spring
I adore the month of April. That may seem a little self-serving, but I wasn’t born in April, and for most of my childhood, I despised my name. (see: Hey April, have you seen September?) But my adult self loves all the things in bloom, all the bursting color, the vagaries of unpredictable Kansas weather,…
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January Prompts & Commas
Prompt 1: How do you feel about Resolutions? Prompt 2: What’s a guilty pleasure for you? For our mini-craft lesson, we discussed the pesky comma.
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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 #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 #13: 10 Things You Know to be True
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…
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