30 poetry prompts for NAPOWRIMO 2021
POETRY PROMPTS / These original poetry prompts for NAPOWRIMO are simple, straightforward and designed to get you writing quickly!
Tag: writing exercises
poetry prompt for when you want to get it on
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 for the dead or wounded
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 for valentine’s day
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 for adolescence
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 about a painting
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.
poetry prompt about an animal
POETRY PROMPT / I break down Sarah Dickenson Snyder’s “Ecosystem” as a source of inspiration for your own poem that may seem to be about an animal but ends up offering so much more.