Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 753

Every Wednesday, poets from around the world can find a Wednesday Poetry Prompt at Writer’s Digest. This week, write a six words poem.

For this week's prompt, write a poem using at least 3 of the following 6 words:

  • Light
  • Night
  • Please
  • Stop
  • Thorn
  • Unite

For an extra challenge, use all 6 words in your 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 Six Words Poem:

“lovers unite,” by Robert Lee Brewer

don't laugh and don't tease
as you do what you please

on every summer night
in the fading twilight

don't stop and don't scorn
as you touch every thorn

in the fields of delight
where the lovers unite

Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of Solving the World's Problems, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.