Today’s prompt is inspired by “let grow more winter fat / wine-cup / western wild rose” by Camille T. Dungy https://poets.org/poem/let-grow-more-winter-fat-wine-cup-western-wild-rose?mc_cid=1bce495f63&mc_eid=f9ff4f27c3 Write a poem that explores the… Read more “National Poetry Month – Day 21”
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National Poetry Month – Day 20
Today’s prompt is inspired by “Eating the Moon inn Cotulla, TX” by Analicia Sotello https://poets.org/poem/eating-moon-cotulla-tx?mc_cid=e438f579db&mc_eid=f9ff4f27c3 and “We Know This Place” by Sunni Patterson The prompt: Consider a… Read more “National Poetry Month – Day 20”
National Poetry Month – Day 19
Today’s prompt is inspired by “The Head of the Cottonmouth” by Roger Reeves https://poets.org/poem/head-cottonmouth?mc_cid=90edc931c8&mc_eid=f9ff4f27c3 The prompt: Write a poem about a ritual that brings you back into… Read more “National Poetry Month – Day 19”
National Poetry Month – Day 18
Today’s prompt is inspired by “Poem for a Suicide” by Matthew Zapruder https://poets.org/poem/poem-suicide The prompt: Find an old photo, either online or in your own collection, representing… Read more “National Poetry Month – Day 18”
National Poetry Month – Day 17
Today’s prompt is inspired by Anthropocenic by Jake Skeets https://poets.org/poem/anthropocenic?mc_cid=1a0759482b&mc_eid=f9ff4f27c3 The prompt: Write a poem about the natural world in the human era that either begins in… Read more “National Poetry Month – Day 17”
National Poetry Month – Day 16
Today’s prompt is inspired by the following excerpt from “Khamriyyah” by Ibn al-Fāriḍ: https://poets.org/poem/khamriyyah?mc_cid=f6a97f6064&mc_eid=f9ff4f27c3 Write an ode to something that gets better with time.
National Poetry Month – Day 15
Today’s prompts is inspired by “[When you told us our glances, soft, timid, and mild,]” by Wallada bint al-Mustakfi https://poets.org/poem/when-you-told-us-our-glances-soft-timid-and-mild?mc_cid=2869c65396&mc_eid=f9ff4f27c3 Write a poem that explores the quiet… Read more “National Poetry Month – Day 15”
National Poetry Month – Day 14
Today’s prompt is inspired by “Folk Song” by Diane Seuss https://poets.org/poem/folk-song?mc_cid=aa085a4764&mc_eid=f9ff4f27c3 The prompt: Write five words that come to mind when you consider who your people are.… Read more “National Poetry Month – Day 14”
National Poetry Month – Day 13
Today’s prompt is inspired by “After the Reading” by Tiana Clark https://poets.org/poem/after-reading?mc_cid=ef6ecd3cdb&mc_eid=f9ff4f27c3 The prompt: Write an anaphora poem (in which the repetition of a word or words… Read more “National Poetry Month – Day 13”
National Poetry Month – Day 12
Today’s prompt is inspired by “yes the business folk” by Jose Olivarez: https://poets.org/poem/yes-business-folk?mc_cid=5deb9d7713&mc_eid=f9ff4f27c3 The prompt: Write a golden shovel using the line “yes, the trash has to… Read more “National Poetry Month – Day 12”
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