final poem of the month! write a poem about something that happens again and again i can only do something small the ripple still reaches the shore when we meet […]
Month: April 2017
duty (assata)
take one of your favorite poems and find a very specific, concrete noun in it. For example, if your favorite poem is this verse of Emily Dickinson’s, you might choose […]
two feet
Write a poem using Skeltonic verse. Don’t worry, there are no skeletons involved. Rather, Skeltonic verse gets its name from John Skelton, a fifteenth-century English poet who pioneered the use […]
on my tongue
write a poem that explores your sense of taste a tin cup at my lip, a copper penny hidden in my cheek cold water overflowing my mouth and I’m thirsty […]
detritus
Have you ever heard someone wonder what future archaeologists, whether human or from alien civilization, will make of us? Today, I’d like to challenge you to answer that question in […]
making tomorrow
write a poem that explores a small, defined space – it could be your childhood bedroom, or the box where you keep old photos. It could be the inside of […]
scribble
write a poem of ekphrasis — that is, a poem inspired by a work of art. But I’d also like to challenge you to base your poem on a very […]
black. liberation.
Our prompt for Day Twenty-Three comes to us from Gloria Gonsalves, who challenges us to write a double elevenie. What’s that? Well, an elevenie is an eleven-word poem of five […]
georgic prince, purple sea
Your Georgic could be a simple set of instructions on how to grow or care for something, but it could also incorporate larger themes as to how land should be […]
full of blood
write a poem that incorporates overheard speech. “she was full of blood” she was pulsing and messy lying easily to her masters pretty faced, and wet between the thighs she […]