Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 781

For this week's prompt, write a flower poem. Your poem could be about an actual flower. Or it could mention a flower in passing. Or play with the concept of a flowering idea, flower power, or whatever other direction you might consider (including using its homophone: flour). Of course, mentioning a specific flower in the title and then writing a poem that may or may not mention the flower is an option as well. Whatever you do, have fun.

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 Flower Poem:

“The Mean Reds,” by Robert Lee Brewer

She's allergic to lilies
but admires them from afar.
He prefers the roses
from the safety of his car.
She can touch the lilacs
and the hydrangeas too.
When he thinks of violets,
he starts to feel blue.

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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.