Happy

From Tasha:  

What makes you Happy? 

You could write in answer to the ? or simply interpreting the "you" as anyone, or however you wish to interpret the prompt.

Secret

 From Linda:

Write a poem about the word secret. 

It can be a real secret, a secret place, secret word, a secret person ... anything secret. 

It doesn’t have to be your secret, it can be a fictional secret or someone else’s secret.

Goodbye to 2020

 From Tad:

2020 saw many fine poets go gentle or ungentle into that good night. The Poetry Foundation ran a valedictory for them, with memorable lines for each poet. Here are a few of them.

• The dark tastes of salt and oranges.   -- Ralph Angel
• Unclasp your hands and surrender flight -- William Bearheart
• But what else can a mother give her daughter but such beautiful rifts in time?  - Eavan Boland
• So much hope now around the heart of lightning -- Kamau Braith
• What is unfathomable in all of us? - Michael Friedman
• The hidden source is the watchful heart  -- Derek Mahon

Write a poem using one of these as inspiration. You can either use the line, or vary it. The dark can taste of something else - or it can trigger a different sense. The gift from a mother to daughter may be inspired by Eavan Boland, but you may have your own ideas of how rifts in time can be a gift. Or you may have a totally different gift in mind. By the time you're done, it should be your poem.

Metaphor Dice

Many moons ago I received these metaphor dice from my friend Taylor Mali. I was/am supposed to give feedback. I JUST put them together today. I will send feedback after I see what we come up with. The pix didn't turn out well but I'm including them anyway, so you can see how I came up with the prompts. Your choice of three. One or all.

 1. A broken heart feels like an old guitar case.

2.The future gentle blessing.

3. Happiness is a duct-taped couch on the back porch in summer.

Apples and Oranges

From Tasha:

Apples and Oranges, Contrasts in Life

Favorite

From Linda:

WRITE ABOUT A FAVORITE CHILDHOOD TOY, MOVIE, BOOK, ETC. AND TIE IT BACK TO THE PRESENT DAY.

Place

 From Tad:

Write a poem about a place you haven't thought about in a long time.

Enter

 From Writer's Digest November chapbook challenge:

For today’s prompt, write an enter poem. We're entering a new challenge, a new month, a new poem, a new state of mind, a new candy hangover, etc. Maybe your poem enters a haunted house or enters into a conversation. Take enter where you wish.

Beauty by the Side of the Road

 From Tasha:

Beauty by the Side of the Road.  It's a poem I've been meaning to write myself for some time. This could be a virtual road or a real one.

Three! Three! Three prompts in one!

 From Linda.

Choose one or do all three.

• write a love love poem without using the word love
• write a poem about something bizarre that happened to you personally
• write a poem about anger and what you do with your anger

Things that don't exist any more

 From Tad: Write a poem about something that doesn’t exist any more.

Unity

 From William:

Unity and what it means.

....

From Victoria: Not everyone posts a poem every week, but our week to do prompts kept coming up too fast, so I am asking both of our occasional posters, Will and Winston, to do prompts also. I'm hoping it will get them to post more poems too. This is Will's first one.

Snap

 Vic's week:

Stole this from the Writer's Digest prompts:

For today's prompt, write a snap poem. The poem could be about a snap decision or a snap shot (as in photography). Or maybe your poem mentions snaps on a jacket, snap bracelets, or sugar snap peas. Of course, don't be afraid to go small and make your poem a snap to read as well.

Space ...

 From Sue:

Being an astronaut. 
Travel in space. 
What if you had to travel to Mars? 
Would you travel?

Pleasures

 From Tasha: 

Write a poem about something that pleases you or something that displeases you,  or even one or two about both.

The Week in Review

 From Linda (who damn well better post a poem this week):

Write a poem based on something that happened to you this week. It could be something life-changing or something that you feel is worthy of poetic expression...

The Breakfast Club

 From Tad:

Write a poem that has breakfast in it, or takes place at breakfast.

By the numbers

From Victoria:

Write a poem that has at least three numbers in it.

Seasons

From Sue:

Seasons
Of life
Of weather
Of spices
Of fashion

What speaks to you when you think of seasons...

Food

From Tasha:

For this week's subject please write about your favorite food, or if you prefer, your least favorite, or both, as two are allowed.