Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 697
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a Blank Like Blank poem.
For this week's prompt, take the phrase "(blank) Like (blank)," replace the blanks with a new words or phrases, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles might include: "Poem Like Nobody's Watching," "They Like Whatever She Says," "Falling Like a Leaf," and/or "Explain It Like I Don't Know What You're Talking About."
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 Like Blank Poem:
“thinking like i used to,” by Robert Lee Brewer
when i was young i would run up to strangers
and offer them hugs. or at least that's what i've
been told. i don't remember some myths of my
childhood. like the time i was told to go pee
behind a tree outside and after walking
around one many times asking, "where's the back
of the tree?" i have to believe i did it
or not believe the people who remember.
but then i don't remember all the things i
think i remember the way others do and
that makes me wonder if i even recall
stories the same way. or is my mind a game
of telephone where the message gets slightly
distorted over time. then i find myself
thinking like i used to. not sure what to do
with all the faulty thoughts i once thought were true.

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.