Today I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that relies on repetition. It can be repetition of a phrase, or just a word. i opened the box to […]
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6 ways to see tonight
Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that looks at the same thing from various points of view. The most famous poem of this type is probably […]
night
In honor of Mary Oliver’s work, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that is based in the natural world: it could be about a particular plant, animal, […]
home going
Now for our prompt (optional, as always). One of the most popular British works of classical music is Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations. The “enigma” of the title is widely believed […]
elegy for masks
write an elegy – a poem that mourns or honors someone dead or something gone by. And I’d like to ask you to center the elegy on an unusual fact […]
how to love supreme
write a poem inspired by, or in the form of, a recipe! It can be a recipe for something real, like your grandmother’s lemon chiffon cake, or for something imaginary, […]
napowrimo: love notes to black liberation
this is my third year (i think) of doing national poetry writing month (napowrimo). looking forward to it. the first time was random, the second time i did a sci […]