Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 624

For this week's prompt, write a poem with a refrain. The refrain could be entire lines (like in a triolet or villanelle), or it could be a repeated word, phrase, or image. Heck, song lyrics with a chorus refrain would do the trick even (or a sestina anyone?).

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 Refrain Poem:

“breaking up at the high,” by Robert Lee Brewer

refrain, she said, from breaking my heart
in such a public place as this space
made for abstract interpretation

mais non, he said, c'est impossible
c'est la vie in such a special space
made for abstract interpretation

refrain, she said, but he said, mais non

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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.