MONDAY PROMPT/ September 6
This week’s prompt
This week’s prompt comes from one of the West’s most esteemed poets, William Stafford:
“Think of something you said. Now write what you wish you had said.”
Once you’ve pared it down to one idea and a resultant poem, come back starting Friday and leave us a link to your rewritten history.
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.
You’ll have all day Friday (and all weekend!) to post your work and read each others’ work. Take your time. Enjoy all the poems that are new to the world.
Some hints
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Circus etiquette
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A heartfelt one from me.
http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2010/09/have-nice-one.html
Save your poems for Friday’s post “Come One, Come All” post, folks.
nice prompt….however this old poet taking a month or so offfffffff from the spoken word to reeeeeeeeeeeecharge….do more painting and get ready for winter….happy writing and happpy trails fellow poets of the tent and circus….cheers
enjoy your time off, wayne! and be sure to come back and see us soon!!!
http://thenoiselesspatientspider.blogspot.com/2010/09/imagery-in-poetry-number-twenty-nine.html
thanks for the prompt!