Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 756
Every Wednesday, poets from around the world can find a Wednesday Poetry Prompt at Writer’s Digest. This week, write a small poem.
For this week's prompt, write a small poem. Your poem could be about a small person, place, or thing, of course, but I'm actually thinking of writing a small poem (as in 10 lines or fewer). But if you feel compelled to write a BIG POEM about something small, well, I won't get in your way.
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 Small Poem:
“10 Suburban Poems in One Subdivision,” by Robert Lee Brewer
Three deer dart across the road, one with three legs. Two
neighbors shout warnings at each other. Lawn services
operate downwind of the cable company and plumbing
services. Every other vehicle drives through the four-way
stop without slowing. A septic system needs repaired. Coyotes
howl and yip in the distance. The county leaves a notice
to cut grass or be fined. A great horned owl shouts warnings
until it doesn't. Fireflies have disappeared like the children
who rode their bikes into the sunset. One deer stares
down a car in the middle of the road at midnight.
