Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 611
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 water poem.
For today's prompt, write a water poem. Water is such an important part of everyday life, so let's give it a little love this week. Write about fire hydrants, water fountains, or sea levels. Write about sprinklers, swimming pools, or staying hydrated in the summer heat.
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 Water Poem:
“at the end of march,” by Robert Lee Brewer
when the breeze stirs just so
i feel the need for savannah's
water ways & large oak trees
dripping spanish moss & spirits
across the cobblestones &
bridges stretching from ocean
to past of those squares that
are just right for a stroll in
the evening with a trumpet
& streetlights & possibilities
