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Poetry Prompts
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Sunday, March 31, 2019
Sunday, March 24, 2019
Who Am I?
This week's prompt is from Tasha.
Who Am I? Write a poem about yourself, or if you prefer, someone else speaking as who he or she is. You might be looking in a mirror, or not...it's fun to speculate who I am depending...
Who Am I? Write a poem about yourself, or if you prefer, someone else speaking as who he or she is. You might be looking in a mirror, or not...it's fun to speculate who I am depending...
Sunday, March 17, 2019
Being an Art Form
This week's prompt is from Tad:
OK, something a little different. Here's a story I'm intrigued by. A medical secretary in Paris, for the past 20 years, has been asking famous photographers to photograph her, and she has created her own art project -- over a hundred portraits of herself, nude or clothed, by different well-known photographers.
If you want to read more about her, it's here.
But write a poem somehow inspired by her. Imagine being her, or photographing her, or fucking her, or think about what it means to turn yourself into an art form, or just tell her story. I know this is a little weird, but I am a little weird, and sometimes I like to shake things up a little. And although I've told people to fucking stop writing them, this woman who's been photographed over and over might work for a pantoum.
OK, something a little different. Here's a story I'm intrigued by. A medical secretary in Paris, for the past 20 years, has been asking famous photographers to photograph her, and she has created her own art project -- over a hundred portraits of herself, nude or clothed, by different well-known photographers.
If you want to read more about her, it's here.
But write a poem somehow inspired by her. Imagine being her, or photographing her, or fucking her, or think about what it means to turn yourself into an art form, or just tell her story. I know this is a little weird, but I am a little weird, and sometimes I like to shake things up a little. And although I've told people to fucking stop writing them, this woman who's been photographed over and over might work for a pantoum.
Sunday, March 10, 2019
Word choice
This week's prompt is from Linda:
tree, heart, window, pillow, hallucination
music, clock, hill, miniature, animal
flying, running, walking, dancing, jumping
Use 2 words or more from each group of five at least once in a poem.
tree, heart, window, pillow, hallucination
music, clock, hill, miniature, animal
flying, running, walking, dancing, jumping
Use 2 words or more from each group of five at least once in a poem.
Sunday, March 3, 2019
Lost & Found
I am trying to write a poem for this contest so I thought I'd put the idea out to the group too. I'm listing the requirements of the actual contest, but for our purposes, the poem does NOT HAVE TO BE FOR CHILDREN. It can if you want, and maybe even enter it here.
Lost & Found!
All kids lose things. Sometimes they're found and sometimes they're not. Tell us about a lost person, place, or thing in poetry.
This contest is your chance to write a poem for children around the theme lost and found. It can be any style of poem.
It can be written in prose*; your poem does not have to rhyme, but if it does, it better be top notch. (Check out this post on rhyme mistakes to avoid.)
Use your imagination to craft a poem aimed at children ages four to eight, suitable for publication in a magazine or children's poetry anthology. Poems must be previously unpublished and no more than 500 words.
Lost & Found!
All kids lose things. Sometimes they're found and sometimes they're not. Tell us about a lost person, place, or thing in poetry.
This contest is your chance to write a poem for children around the theme lost and found. It can be any style of poem.
It can be written in prose*; your poem does not have to rhyme, but if it does, it better be top notch. (Check out this post on rhyme mistakes to avoid.)
Use your imagination to craft a poem aimed at children ages four to eight, suitable for publication in a magazine or children's poetry anthology. Poems must be previously unpublished and no more than 500 words.
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