This week's writing prompt takes its own inspiration from Gwendolyn Brooks and her poem (also posted on this blog today), "To the Young...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

Dean Young's poem, also posted here on my blog, is an incredible poem about love/sex/romance/desire/yearning . . . in other words,...

Good morning! Although only 14% of Americans live in rural areas, most of us are not far from horses. Horse-drawn carriages, police...

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...

Irregular verbs are the bane of foreign language students, no matter what language you are trying to learn. I have had students from all...

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...

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,...

Patricia Smith mentions Randy Travis in her poem, The Reemergence of the Noose, so we will keep it going this week. Your writing...

In her poem, posted on this very blog, Kari Gunter-Seymour describes her Appalachia, both past and present. Along with physical...

A commercial for The Green Planet on PBS, besides being visually stunning, also prompted this week's prompt. While showing video of...

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....

Read Catherine Klatzker's award-winning poem in today's other blog post. Then, write a poem in second person. Although you should write...

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...

Disasters happen daily, but unless they are especially horrific, international, or deadly, we might not hear about them. In our online...

Today's poem on my blog is called "Love Poem," but it is not a Hallmark card sentiment. No cliche images of hearts, no angsty desires...