Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 651
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 what happened poem.
For this week's prompt, write a what happened poem. For this prompt, consider various explanations you could give about this or that (or the other thing even). Or describe something you witnessed. Or well, there are many things that happen every day, and you can poem about one (or more) of them.
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 What Happened Poem:
“who can say,” by Robert Lee Brewer
who can say
what happened
when the sun
whipped up the
wind and she
wore that dress
with the fabric and the straps in that
way that she
wore it and
well i'm sure
we both spoke
words though i
would guess they
warped with time
when the sun had so much time to burn
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.
