Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 793
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a fantasy poem.
For this week's prompt, write a fantasy poem. Of course, everyone has their own personal fantasies they indulge, some of which are positive, but others that are negative. There's an entire fiction genre devoted to fantasy, whether high fantasy, urban fantasy, or even recently romantasy (as well as other subgenres). I hope everyone's able to turn their fantasy poems into reality this week.
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
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Poetic forms are the backbone of a poet's writing. They are the building blocks for length, rhyme scheme, subject matter, and so much more. In The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms, Writer's Digest's resident poetry expert and former poet laureate of the blogosphere Robert Lee Brewer showcases more than 100 poetic forms to serve as both an informative resource and inspiration for new writing.
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Here’s my attempt at a Fantasy Poem:
“Things Were Comfortable Enough,” by Robert Lee Brewer
Things were comfortable enough
when the old man first appeared
with his ideas about me striking
out into the country to seek out
adventure and treasures galore
and I--like a fool--got caught up
in his fantastic visions of glory,
so I struck out and experienced
the world--all of it--but I found
that what I wanted most was
to be comfortable enough again
in the place where it all began.
