Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 745
Every Wednesday, poets from around the world can find a Wednesday Poetry Prompt at Writer’s Digest. This week, write a better poem.
Not sure how we've made it to July already, but here we are.
For this week's prompt, write a better poem. Better than what? Better than other poems maybe, but I'm just thinking of all the ways better is used, whether it's better late than never or better than that. For better or worse, there better or worse ways to explore better luck next time. So you better watch out, better not cry, and so on. Or you better just write a poem.
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
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Write a poem every single day of the year with Robert Lee Brewer's Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming. After sharing more than a thousand prompts and prompting thousands of poems for more than a decade, Brewer picked 365 of his favorite poetry prompts here.
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Here’s my attempt at a Better Poem:
“better yet,” by Robert Lee Brewer
let's start each day anew
with a certain sort of amnesia
that resets each evening
with abandoned reason & resentment
& a certified commitment
to those things we once meant
in those hours we once spent
so seductively & productively
burning the midnight oil
spoiling for each & every word
like they were a blessing from god.
