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. jan-quick-comma-lesson-for-writing-group-Download
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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 … Continue reading Prompt #20: Memory
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 … Continue reading Prompt #16: Those Other Senses
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 … Continue reading Prompt #13: 10 Things You Know to be True
Prompt #2: Names
April is National Poetry Month. For fun, and in honor of great poetry the world over, I’ll provide a writing prompt each day. Feel free to respond to the prompt, or ignore it if it doesn’t suit you. The goal here is to write a little every day, if for no other reason than to … Continue reading Prompt #2: Names
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