This week’s prompt When times are hectic (such as the holidays, to provide a totally — ahem — random example), I rely on list poems to keep my creative brain warmed up. I frequently use them to rescue my poem-a-day efforts. A list poem is exactly what it sounds like: a list. It can...
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by Carolee, Deb & Jill It’s show time! It’s time to post your original poem, written in response to Monday’s prompt — our wordle! — or any other inspiration from the week. (We love it when you write to our prompt, but we also love it when you write on a whim. We all...
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This week’s prompt Oh, how we love Wordles! Anytime of year, but especially in December when there are just so many (too many!) expectations drifting about. Use as many of these words as you want to in a poem; we’re keeping things especially low key this week! Come back starting Friday and through the...
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by Carolee, Deb & Jill It’s show time! It’s time to post your original poem, written in response to Monday’s prompt — write a “dead man” poem — or any other inspiration from the week. (We love it when you write to our prompt, but we also love it when you write on a...
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This week’s prompt I may have been the only person in the poetry universe who didn’t know Marvin Bell and his Dead Man Poetry. Until quite recently that is, when I was introduced to the form by a fellow poetry student. She work-shopped a marvelous version of her Dead Woman Poem and it inspired...
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by Carolee, Deb & Jill It’s show time! It’s time to post your original poem, written in response to Monday’s prompt — write a poem inspired by work at Referential Magazine — or any other inspiration from the week. (We love it when you write to our prompt, but we also love it when...
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