Theme in Color: Poetry Prompt
Super simple instructions for your prompt this week! Choose a holiday or a season. Write about that time period with a focus on the...
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marychristinedelea
- Oct 23, 2022
- 1 min
Weighty Ghosts: Poetry Prompt
You need to do two things before you start this prompt: 1. Read today's blog poem, "What Haunts Us" by Annie Phan 2. Listen to a song...
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marychristinedelea
- Oct 16, 2022
- 2 min
You are Spring: Poetry Prompt
This week's writing prompt takes its own inspiration from Gwendolyn Brooks and her poem (also posted on this blog today), "To the Young...
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marychristinedelea
- Oct 9, 2022
- 1 min
You're Such a Softie: Poetry Prompt
Think of, or--better yet--get ahold of something very soft. It could be a blanket, moss, your own hair, a feather, a cashmere scarf,...
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marychristinedelea
- Oct 2, 2022
- 1 min
Go Negative: Poetry Prompt
For this week's prompt, I'd like you to write a negative poem. I am not talking about the speaker's attitude, necessarily: the tone,...
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marychristinedelea
- Sep 25, 2022
- 2 min
Answer Me This, Part 2: Poetry Prompt
On October 17, 2021, I posted a prompt called Answer Me This. It asked that you write a piece that answers 6 questions. A wonderful poet,...
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marychristinedelea
- Sep 18, 2022
- 2 min
It's Hard to Say: Poetry Prompt
Some words are difficult to pronounce, some to spell, some to guess on Wordle, some to teach, some to use correctly, and some to stop...
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marychristinedelea
- Sep 11, 2022
- 1 min
Kitchen Aid: Poetry Prompt
This week's writing prompt takes its cue from today's poem by Jeremy Downes. (So go read that poem if you haven't already!) Write a poem...
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marychristinedelea
- Sep 4, 2022
- 1 min
Passion Play: Poetry Prompt
Dean Young's poem, also posted here on my blog, is an incredible poem about love/sex/romance/desire/yearning . . . in other words,...
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marychristinedelea
- Aug 28, 2022
- 1 min
A Horse, Of Course: Poetry Prompt
Good morning! Although only 14% of Americans live in rural areas, most of us are not far from horses. Horse-drawn carriages, police...
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marychristinedelea
- Aug 21, 2022
- 1 min
Marry You?!? Poetry Prompt
Check out today's poem from Jellyfish Magazine: "Marry Me" by Lindsey Webb. Now write a poem in which the speaker tells someone why they...
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marychristinedelea
- Aug 14, 2022
- 1 min
The Irregulars: Poetry Prompt
Irregular verbs are the bane of foreign language students, no matter what language you are trying to learn. I have had students from all...
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marychristinedelea
- Aug 7, 2022
- 1 min
Rhyme (Internal) Time: Poetry Prompt
Today's blog poem by Amy Lowell, "A Little Song," uses end rhyme. When Lowell was writing, end rhyme was the norm. However, this was...
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marychristinedelea
- Jul 31, 2022
- 2 min
The Weirdest Vegetable: Poetry Prompt
I recently heard someone in a hair salon say, "Asparagus? Now, I feel that is the weirdest vegetable." I had been getting my hair washed,...
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marychristinedelea
- Jul 24, 2022
- 1 min
On the Other Hand: Poetry Prompt
Patricia Smith mentions Randy Travis in her poem, The Reemergence of the Noose, so we will keep it going this week. Your writing...
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marychristinedelea
- Jul 17, 2022
- 1 min
Pain and Place: Poetry Prompt
In her poem, posted on this very blog, Kari Gunter-Seymour describes her Appalachia, both past and present. Along with physical...
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marychristinedelea
- Jul 10, 2022
- 1 min
What Plants Can Do: Poetry Prompt
A commercial for The Green Planet on PBS, besides being visually stunning, also prompted this week's prompt. While showing video of...
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marychristinedelea
- Jul 3, 2022
- 2 min
Imagine That!: Poetry Prompt
Read the poem posted today on this very same blog (and many of the others) to see how wonderful poems that are pure imagination can be....
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marychristinedelea
- Jun 26, 2022
- 1 min
Second Person: Poetry Prompt
Read Catherine Klatzker's award-winning poem in today's other blog post. Then, write a poem in second person. Although you should write...
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marychristinedelea
- Jun 19, 2022
- 1 min
The Heat Is On: Poetry Prompt
With climate change making our weather less hospitable and a heat wave roasting much of the planet, heat is on my mind. And it is the...
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