Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 717
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a six words poem.
Quick reminder: I recently shared the guidelines for the 2024 November Poem-A-Day Chapbook Challenge. Click here to learn more.
For this week's prompt, write a six words poem. Of course, you could write a poem in six words (your choice), or write a poem using each of the following six words:
- dream
- fall
- own
- rain
- tree
- window
Whether you use the six above or just use six period, have fun poeming 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 Six Words Poem:
“Comet of Regret,” by Robert Lee Brewer
Last night, I laid my head on a pillow
& listened to the rain hit my window
as the wind threatened to make the trees break.
In my last dreams, you answered when I called
even when the summer fell into fall
& I owned all my bittersweet mistakes.
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.
