Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 639

For this week's prompt, write a forgetful poem. Maybe the narrator of your poem is forgetful or about someone who forgets things. Or maybe it's about a long forgotten moment or something you'd like to forget. Just don't forget to write your poem.

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 Forgetful Poem:

“now remember,” by Robert Lee Brewer

before i forget don't let me
forget to tell you the story
i never seem to remember
to tell until after you leave
about the time my memory
got a little sketchy and we
remembered only after we
forgot what needed remembered.

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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.