Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 658
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 blank is stronger than blank poem.
For this week's prompt, take the phrase "(blank) Is Stronger Than (blank)," replace the blanks with words or phrases, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles might include: "Love Is Stronger Than Hate," "Coffee Is Stronger Than Cream," and/or "Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Stronger Than Me."
Have fun with it this week!
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 Blank Is Stronger Than Blank Poem:
“death is stronger than life,” by Robert Lee Brewer
in the cemetery the grass
continues to grow & birds
continue to sing & children
run circles around parents
lost in their singular grief
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.
