[I'm making this a sticky post, so that people's poems get noticed.]
These are not your usual poetry prompts; they deal not at all with form. They came to me in the night, and -- though not a poem -- I am going to use them for today's NaPoWriMo post.
If you write from any of these, leave a comment telling me which, and a link, and I'll bring the link up under the prompts so that we can all go visit the results. Who knows, I may use one or two of these myself.
PROMPTS:
POEMS:
Prompts 2, 8, 16: Small Talk
Prompts 1 & 2: What's In My Journal
Prompt 10: Biography of a Crow in Three Lines
Prompt 11: rainy day
Prompt 5: Eucalyptus Daphne
Prompt 2: Another Courtship Ritual
Prompt 1: Blind Perspective
Prompt 12: Tree
Prompt 14: Drugs
More prompts here:
These are not your usual poetry prompts; they deal not at all with form. They came to me in the night, and -- though not a poem -- I am going to use them for today's NaPoWriMo post.
If you write from any of these, leave a comment telling me which, and a link, and I'll bring the link up under the prompts so that we can all go visit the results. Who knows, I may use one or two of these myself.
PROMPTS:
- What color is water?
- Use these three words: salt, pineapple, chrysanthemum
- Tell the story of a year in a life (any life) entirely in metaphor
- Make arithmetic interesting
- Convince me that wood is erotic
- What have you learned from your dog? Your cat?
- That trash bin -- what's in it?
- Describe the smell of iron
- Turn me on
- Write your biography in three lines
- What is comforting?
- Tell me: what is the basic, primal metaphor?
- Why should I love you?
- What do you not regret, though you should?
- Write a poem that must be sung
- Why red?
POEMS:
Prompts 2, 8, 16: Small Talk
Prompts 1 & 2: What's In My Journal
Prompt 10: Biography of a Crow in Three Lines
Prompt 11: rainy day
Prompt 5: Eucalyptus Daphne
Prompt 2: Another Courtship Ritual
Prompt 1: Blind Perspective
Prompt 12: Tree
Prompt 14: Drugs
More prompts here:
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What color is water? I am not a poet, but I have been intrigued by this question for years - I study water in order to try to paint it. I have tried to answer that question, and had to laugh when I read your first prompt. I look forward to reading the wonderful poems that will be written in response to your prompts, and maybe even an answer to the question, "what color is water?".
Posted by: niki | 03 April 2008 at 05:06 PM
Prompts 8, 16 and 2. On my blog. Was fun.
Posted by: Small Talk | 04 April 2008 at 07:20 AM
I write two to three poems a day. However, I am not posting for NaPoWriMo. The day it goes international, I will post one a day, for a year!
Posted by: gautami tripathy | 07 April 2008 at 10:06 AM
1.) Guy Davenport said water (specifically seawater) was "frogpawn pewter" [sic] and I always felt that was the number one best description, vexing though some of the more literal-minded have found it.
Posted by: 99 | 07 April 2008 at 11:28 PM
i just love the prompts you have come up with here... this is my firs,, and i do so intend to use a few more... thank you sooo much!!
rainy day
Posted by: paisley | 08 April 2008 at 06:10 AM
Apparently Eucalyptus Daphne though wood could be erotic.
Posted by: Tiel Aisha Ansari | 09 April 2008 at 08:53 AM
prompt one for me worked well...i love several entries here..i will be back.
Posted by: UL | 15 April 2008 at 08:18 PM
oops forgot to link, follow me @
http://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/2008/04/blind-perspective.html
Posted by: UL | 15 April 2008 at 08:21 PM
These are terrific, SB. Thanks so much!
Posted by: Robin Reagler | 18 April 2008 at 09:32 PM
Tree
deep rooted in the earth
laced into sky
map of generations
outliving all
cliche of truth
in a hundred languages. Fran
Posted by: | 20 April 2008 at 05:50 AM
one on prompt 14 : here is the link
http://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/2008/04/drugs.html
Posted by: UL | 29 April 2008 at 01:47 PM