MONDAY PROMPT / October 18

October 18, 2010
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This week’s prompt

This is the only October prompt I get to write, and I just can’t resist a spooky theme. Halloween and “things that go bump in the night” have always been on my list of favorite things. This week, write a poem with something scary in it.

You may have been dying (Ha! Pun intended!) to add your voice to zombie or vampire literature. Well, now is the time. You may be terrified of spiders. You may be cautious around black cats. Are you intrigued by witches, ghosts, goblins, mummies or monsters? Do you want to research superstitions or Halloween traditions? Have you ever used a ouija board? Called “bloody Mary” three times in a mirror at night? Snooped in a graveyard?

Let your fears and curiosities about the macabre inspire a poem this week … if you dare! Mwa-ha-haaaaaa!

How prompts work under the Big Tent

We post prompts on Mondays, and you have all week to write your poems, based on our fabulous prompt or any other inspiration. Come back on Friday when you will find a “Come One, Come All” post where you can use the comments section to 1) leave a link to your poem or 2) leave the poem in its entirety.

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13 Responses to “ MONDAY PROMPT / October 18 ”

  1. Rinkly Rimes on October 18, 2010 at 1:34 am

    http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2008/08/100-tree-in-chains.html

    No blood, no guts, but spooky and true!!!!

  2. This week under the Big Tent, October 18 | Big Tent Poetry on October 18, 2010 at 9:29 am

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  3. Walt56 on October 18, 2010 at 11:37 am

    “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts fo men?”
    But this may give you a hint:

    http://wjw2356.blogspot.com/2010/10/mist-in-shadow-of-night.html

  4. Catherine on October 19, 2010 at 4:24 am

    Maybe I should write an earthquake poem! Aftershocks are quite enough to scare me at the moment without worrying about make-believe spookinesss.

  5. S.E.Ingraham on October 20, 2010 at 5:42 pm

    “Monstrous” sometimes it’s not just what goes bump in the dark that’s scary, you know?
    http://thepoet-tree-house.blogspot.com/

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  11. Leaf Peeps on October 23, 2010 at 10:39 am

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  12. Peggy Goetz on October 23, 2010 at 2:49 pm

    I have been away traveling and am finally getting back to posting in the wonderful online poetry places. I do enjoy reading everyone’s works. Here is a link to my scary poem called “A Place Not to Be.” My blog is called On a Day Like Today and here is a link to the

    poem: http://ponderingspeggy.blogspot.com/2010/10/photo-istanbul-turkey-september-2010-in_22.html

    I hope this will get you there as I have been working on the mechanics of my blog. There should be a photo of a crocodile at the top of the poem (which really is not an illustration of the poem, by the way.)