Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 782
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a picture poem.
For this week's prompt, write a picture poem. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but you could capture a picture in a haiku or a few lines. Or you could write a poem about a photographer, painter, or mixed media artist. Of course, movies are also called pictures. Just picture it, then poem it. (And, as always, have fun with it.)
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 Picture Poem:
“capture the moment,” by Robert Lee Brewer
she takes a selfie in nature
& gets all the good angles
of trees & flowers behind
but misses when the hawk
sweeps over the open field
& the turtle sunbathes on
a log & squirrels dig fast
for treasures in the grass
& the raccoon splashes
in the creek with a bucket
like a child & bright birds
chase after grayer birds
in & around the branches
as deer dance together
in a field of wild flowers
off the beaten path as
she takes a selfie in nature
& gets all the good angles
