Carolee Bennett –> poet. artist. crankypants.
POETRY PROMPT / I break down Dobby Gibson’s “Inside the Compulsion to Wonder Lurks the Will to Survive” as a source of inspiration for your own poem about how we’re responding (or not responding) to the climate crisis.
POETRY PROMPTS / These original poetry prompts for NAPOWRIMO are simple, straightforward and designed to get you writing quickly!
POETRY PROMPT / I break down “When We’re in Bed and You Take Out Your Mouth Guard, I Know It’s On” by Melissa Crowe as a source of inspiration for your own poem about sex.
POETRY PROMPT / I break down Didi Jackson’s “Fall” as a source of inspiration for your own poem that pays tribute to the dead or wounded.
POETRY PROMPT / I break down Rilke’s “Untitled [Do you still remember: falling stars]” as a source of inspiration for writing a Valentine’s Day poem.
POETRY PROMPT / I break down Suzanne Grove’s “Northern Florida, Thirteen” as a source of inspiration for your own poem about where you were (and who you were) when you were 13.
POETRY PROMPT / I break down Barbara Crooker’s “Field With Wheat Stacks” as a source of inspiration for your own poem about a painting and share some personal notes on ekphrasis.