Yep! That's correct! From now on, you can get my fabulous prompts on my Substack, Peeled Citrus Prompts. I post them on Tuesdays and...

For an example of what today's prompt asks of you, look at today's blog poem, "Bird Nests Used to Look More Like Fortresses," by Martin...

Please read Ruth Stone's poem, "Curtains." Look at the curtains in the room you are currently in, or think about some past curtains....

One of Anthony Hecht's image in his poem, Despair, is winter mountain. Where I live, I can see Mount Hood when I drive around town. On...

Based on Carl Sandburg's poem, Window, which is posted on my blog today, you have a few choices for today's prompt. 1.) Create a piece in...

Please read today's poem on my blog: "Holding Vigil" by Alison Luterman (published on the Rattle website on November 3, 2024). Then go...

Think of fairly common names that are also words that are things other than names. I am thinking of--and these will show my age--Art,...

Although I am creating this post with photos of 3 pieces of art, this is not an ekphrastic exercise. Rather, I want you to consider how...

First, you should really read today's poem on my blog. If you are not a "nana" person, you may be jealous of how those folks get through...

Does anyone use the term "flophouse" anymore? If you aren't familiar, it is a synonym for a sleazy motel. These places are everywhere and...

Today's poem on my blog starts with destruction but ends in a very different place. From today's creative endeavor, start your...

Today I was in a group of 5 and the subject of what we believe happens after we die. (Other topics of conversation included pistachio ice...

I have collected quotations since I can remember. I have them in wonderful books, some with specific quotes (women, writers, women...

Many of the poems I have posted on my blog use metaphor (as do many poems in general). Today's poem makes the noon heat a mystic dog....

There is something magical about getting an actual card or letter in the mail; it was wonderful when that was the only way to get mail,...

In today's beautiful poem posted on this blog, "Little Star: Week 8," the speaker--a father-to-be--addresses his child-to-be. In his very...

I am a little obsessed with bridges. On drives across country, I will go out of my way in order to cross an old covered bridge miles from...

I love odes, I admit it. Counting my blessings? Sure. I try to find the beauty around me. I write down something I am grateful for every...

This week's prompt has 3 components. I have never seen this Clint Eastwood movie (see the title of this prompt), but the title has such a...

Today's poem on my blog, "Hope," was written by Elsa Gidlow and appears in her 1923 book, On a Golden Thread. Here is what the Academy of...