Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 715
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a resource poem.
For this week's prompt, write a resource poem. There are natural resources, like water, coal, lumber, etc. There are also academic resources, like a dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, etc. And then, there are human resources. If you're especially resourceful, I'm sure you'll find plenty of directions to go with this one.
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 Resource Poem:
“the unwritten rules of falling in love,” by Robert Lee Brewer
first, it is easier to fall
than to build a relationship.
somebody could make a habit
of tripping from one lonely heart
to the next & never quite flip
the script on answering the call.
after all, if left to our own
resources, we might not ever
retire from our artificial
attractions to superficial
looks, as if cute makes us clever,
even though we all feel alone.
second, there are, of course, no rules--
only these brokenhearted fools.
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.
