Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 764
Every Wednesday, poets from around the world can find a Wednesday Poetry Prompt at Writer’s Digest. This week write a fear poem.
For this week's prompt, write a fear poem. The poem could be about something you fear, or that someone (or something) else fears. Or maybe you're fearless or just deep diving into the concept of fear. Don't fret, and don't fear; we're all poets here.
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
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Here’s my attempt at a Fear Poem:
“Heights,” by Robert Lee Brewer
Watching all the others gather
to jump off the bridge doesn't
fill me with FOMO as they yell,
"YOLO," into the summer blue
sky. Let them live, or die, how
ever they wish, but I won't miss
a chance to keep both my feet
rooted to the stable earth with
gravity here to hold me close.
