Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 661

Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a trip poem.

For this week's prompt, write a trip poem. Many people take trips to far off lands and amusements this time of year in my corner of the universe. I frequently take trips to the local grocery store and greenway. Some people trip on cracks in the sidewalk or roots on dirt trails (or their own feet). 

And still other people may interpret the word trip in their own trippy ways. But however you trip, do so poetically 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 Trip Poem:

“no pressure but,” by Robert Lee Brewer

as i gaze into my backyard
watching the hawks swoop
& deer prance & rabbits hop

i know each & every word
could be the last i share
& so what epitaph will stare

me in the face this week
as i settle into my thoughts
& intentions tripping out

like fawn following their
mother with attentive ears
& ready to elude men & bears

into the shadows of the night 

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.