Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 716
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a tele(blank) poem.
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For this week's prompt, write a tele(blank) poem. That is, write a poem that plays off a word that includes the "tele-" prefix. So a few possible terms include: telephone, television, telecommunications, telegraph, telekinesis, teleology, and telematics. But I'm sure there's more tele-possibilities out there to explore.
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 Tele(blank) Poem:
“Telefrancais!,” by Robert Lee Brewer
At times, I feel it had to be a dream:
a French-speaking pineapple, Ananas,
and that song I can't quite quit from my head.
(Note on this poem: My high school French teacher never spoke English, in class or the hallways, and he loved having us learn by watching Telefrancais! Click here to watch the first episode.)
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.
