Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 634
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 bank poem.
For this week's prompt, write a bank poem. The poem could be about an actual financial institution, but there are, of course, other ways to come at this prompt. For instance, some people bank time at work or bank rewards in a video game. Plus, there are river banks and probably more interpretations. In fact, I think you can bank on 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 Bank Poem:
“bank account,” by Robert Lee Brewer
when she withdraws
i wonder where
she withdraws to,
and for what purpose,
and will she send
more capital my way,
or will this be
the final withdrawal.
all i can do is wait and
hold what's given freely,
whether through transfer
or direct deposit,
all the while gathering
respectable interest.
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.
