Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 778

For this week's prompt, take the phrase "Let's (blank)," replace the blank with a new word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles might include: "Let's Celebrate," "Let's Forget About the Whole Thing," "Let's Think This Through First," and/or "Let's Poem."

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 Let's Blank Poem:

“Let's Anticipate,” by Robert Lee Brewer

The sun hangs around more every day,
but it's still more than a month till May,
and April is the time for poetic play,
so break some lines a while and stay,
at least long enough to poem away.

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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.