This week, let's try to write a pure lyric poem. Put your speaker in a specific moment and then describe the scene. Focus on tangible...

Use Kooser's poem as inspiration! Write a 7-line poem that finds satisfaction in the ordinary on a special day. You don't need to use...

We are going to use today's poem, "Open your almonds slowly," by Jessica Brown for today's prompt. Tree: Choose a tree that produces food...

The oil painting shown below is entitled Dreams. It was painted by Vittorio Matteo Corcos in 1896. The woman was the daughter of a friend...

This also works for nonfiction and fiction! In their ground-breaking book, On Grief and Grieving, Elisabeth Kübler Ross and David Kessler...

Think back to an incident where you felt real fear--not anxiety or stress or despair, but fear, that mental, emotional, and physical pit...

Warning: this prompt has a long-ish introduction. Many years ago, I wrote my first ode. Prior to doing so, I went to Neruda and Keats for...

Using Shirley Geok-lin Lim's poem, "Bless this Bagel," as inspiration, write a short poem that is a blessing. A food item is a great...

Today's poem, "In the ER at 1 AM" by Mary Hanarhan, relates a tragic event in first person. It is a heart-breaking poem, and although we...

From 1953 to 1972, Walter Cronkite hosted a historical reenactment show which treated events such as the Boston Tea Party, The Burning of...

Using today’s poem, “Protocol for Wings” as your inspiration, write a poem that provides tips, advice, and/or instructions for doing...

Write a poem that answers the following questions, or at least entertains the questions if no answers are forthcoming. You can be strict...

Steal--and give credit, of course--to another writer! This poem (essay or piece of fiction) requires an epigraph. That's right--it is...

We are so used to “seeing” the world as a series of country borders, and then more borders inside those countries, signifying states,...

This week's prompt takes its cue from today's poem, Judith H. Montgomery's "Breastbone Ode." Write a poem that celebrates a body part,...

In the poem I posted today, William Stafford wrote: "Will you ever bring a better gift for the world than the breathing respect that you...

Choose one of the facts below and use it to jumpstart a poem. 1.) Only 6 people attended the funeral of Thomas Paine 2.) Oregon grows 99%...