i love the sky most of the time i do . when everything is too full and it seems we will not be able to do what it is we […]
Tag: poetry
in the dark i see fireflies
in the dark i see fireflies they are like we are sparks sometimes shining rarely in rhythm rarely together but beautiful in the dark i see longing yawning open, wet […]
liberation
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 […]
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 […]