Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 687
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a “Get (blank)” poem.
For this week's prompt, take the phrase "Get (blank)," replace the blank with a new word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles might include: "Get Out of Here," "Get Along," and/or "Get More Bang for Your Buck."
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 Get Blank Poem:
“get lost,” by Robert Lee Brewer
beyond the town square
& parking lots & paved walkways
that lead to rock stairs turning to dirt paths
you'll find me wandering through hidden clearings
filled with daffodils & butterflies thinking
of nothing but my next step &
the one just beyond that
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.
