Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 769

For this week's prompt, write a common poem. The poem could be about a common person, or a common day, or a common appointment. Maybe the poem starts in a common situation that turns uncommon. Common is sometimes looked down on by collectors (as in common cards, comics, coins, etc.), but there's nothing wrong with being not uncommon. And if you're really struggling with this one, think of a common phrase (like "A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned"), make that the title of your poem, and write from there.

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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“Lost,” by Robert Lee Brewer

I know, of course, it's the same street
that passes the same school and same
church that I frequently pass, but
it still feels different than last week;

and I know, of course, it's common
to feel bent out of shape and out
of sorts, to feel so much feeling
I have trouble sleeping and not

sleeping; I know, of course, I know
it's common in these uncommon
times to think of all that's coming
and want to run; I know, of course,

there's nowhere to run, nowhere to
hide; but here I am anyway.