Today’s prompt is an oldie-but-a-goody: the ghazal. The form was originally developed in Arabic and Persian poetry, but has become increasingly used in English, after being popularized by poets including […]
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particular sounds of freedom
I’d like you to write a poem that explicitly incorporates alliteration (the use of repeated consonant sounds) and assonance (the use of repeated vowel sounds). blurred blinding bliss! to acknowledge […]
i found her face locked in a frame
I skipped the 7th prompt due to time travel. here it is. In keeping with the fact that it’s the seventh day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Elizabeth and I challenge you to […]
9
Because today is the ninth day of NaPoWriMo, I’d like to challenge you to write a nine-line poem. sometimes i lose my hope when the miracles have gone my kind […]
black joy
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 […]
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, […]