Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 602
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started on the Poetic Asides blog. This week, write a happy blank poem.
For today's prompt, take the phrase "Happy (blank)," replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles might include: "Happy to See You," "Happy Birthday," "Happy You're Happy," and/or "Happy Now?" Also, feel free to replace "happy" with "happiness."
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 Happy Blank Poem:
“happy whatever,” by Robert Lee Brewer
sometimes i want to be happy
when i'm not & i will just say
"happy whatever" & that doesn't
usually work the first time
but if i keep at it & think about
the birds chirping & ants marching
& water moving over & under &
through everything then i start
to feel like maybe i will like
the seasons someday be
happy again
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 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, 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.
