Some people love writing a poem-a-day in April, and some people hate it. Some people stick with what they’ve been doing, and some people seek new inspiration and radical challenges. Whatever you intend to do, we will be right here on our regular Monday-prompt / Friday-poems schedule. As a special treat, in case you...
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This week’s prompt I love science poems. And I bet you too, even if you don’t think you like science. The subject is full of strange details and ideas that beg to be written about. Here are three recent news items that intrigued me and might be the launching pad for your science-based poem:...
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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 “read-it-over-someone’s-shoulder” Wordle with bonus phrases!— 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 spent a lot of time recently in close quarters on planes and in terminals and at gates. Stranded at Chicago O’Hare, I couldn’t resist entertaining myself in odd and socially-unacceptable ways. One of them was reading over the shoulder of the person next to me. Here is a Wordle with...
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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 — holiday celebration, or an anti-celebration — 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 Not all of us celebrate every single holiday brought to us by tradition, religion or capitalism. In fact, folks may dislike some, even many, of the enforced celebrations or occasions, including the one that just passed a week ago. This week is your chance to create your own festival, holiday or...
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