If you are using this week's prompt to write a prose piece (or create visual art) or form poetry does not excite you at this point in...

I love buffets! I can try lots of different foods in small amounts. I don't have to decide between a garden salad and a Caesar salad--I...

Today's prompt was inspired by a poem I wrote recently. My father and I were driving together (no worries--I was the one driving!) and he...

I love odes, as you can tell by the number of odes I have posted on this blog. I especially love odes like the one by Kevin Young that I...

We are going to use today's blog poem as the basis for this week's prompt; be sure to state after Chelsea Rathburn in between your title...

Happy end of January, beginning of February week! Last May, I started Duolingo, a language learning app. There are many languages...

The comet known as C/2022 E3 (Z.T.F.) will be visible to us here on earth for the next few weeks. It will be closest to our planet on...

The contributions made to America by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King are many and they are monumental. The writings and...

January, like a few of our other months, takes its name from a Roman god, in this case, Janus. He is depicted as having two faces in the...

Happy New Year! Are you ready to write a new poem/story/essay/journal entry each week this year? And if you want/need to write more,...

This week's prompt acknowledges that we all have different reactions to winter and its holidays. Write about winter. You can even use...

Read today's blog poem, "Cherries in Winter," by Claudette Mork Sigg. Then, if you do not know this poem by heart, go read/re-read Robert...

This week's prompt asks that you consider postage stamps. Write a poem that focuses on stamps in some way, or at least mentions a...

One of my favorite classroom activities in my Composition classes was to put the students into small groups, then ask them--as a...

Being as we are in a very traditional time of year--the holidays can turn even the most relaxed person into a crazed traditionalist about...

This week's prompt very definitely lends itself to poems, essays, stories, one-act plays, performance art, and a lot of other things!...

In "When My Gender is First Named Disorder," torrin a. greathouse has created a poem filled with poetry-perfect nouns. They are specific,...

From Dictionary.com: Crush (noun) an intense but usually short-lived infatuation with someone. Prompt Choice 1: Altogether,...

Super simple instructions for your prompt this week! Choose a holiday or a season. Write about that time period with a focus on the...

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...