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Form It: Little Lamb Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 2 Comments

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“Form It” is a poetry prompt that focuses on exploring our topic through form poetry. The prompt includes recommendations for each form’s best use! This time, we’re going to “form” a little lamb. 🙂

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Poetry Prompt: Misunderstood Lion

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misunderstood lion poetry prompt

When you think of lions, do you think of affection? Come learn about the surprising ways of lions and write a roaring good poem.

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Animate: Lions & Lambs Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 3 Comments

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This week’s poetry prompt asks you to become two fabled mammals at odds— lions & lambs. Whether a powerful, shaggy maned lion or a gentle, nursery-rhyme worthy lamb. Join us, animate yourself, and create poetry.

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Poetry Prompt: Behind the Velvet Rope

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This week we find ourselves on either side of a legendary barrier and consider its significance. Join the line with us as we create poetry about the velvet rope.

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Poetry Prompt: Quiet as Velvet

By Heather Eure 19 Comments

quiet as velvet prompt

Learn about poet Elinor Wylie’s brief but soap-opera-worthy life, and read one of her most well-known poems. Then glean inspiration from her style and create your own quiet-as-velvet poem.

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Form It: Satin Bow Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 5 Comments

form prompt satin bow

“Form It” is a poetry prompt that focuses on exploring our topic through form poetry. The prompt includes recommendations for each form’s best use! This time, we’re going to “form” a satin bow. 🙂

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Animate: Satin & Velvet Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 5 Comments

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This week’s poetry prompt asks you to imagine yourself as soft, luxurious satin or velvet. Join us, animate yourself into the hopes, dreams, and potential of these sumptuous fabrics and create poetry.

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Poetry Prompt: A Bridge to Life

By Heather Eure 6 Comments

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Bridges can be grand in scale or an unassuming link from one place to the next. Many of us have a favorite. Come read a bridge poem by Marianne Moore and share your own “bridge to life” poems.

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Poetry Prompt: A Tunnel to the Underworld

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In Greek mythology, Persephone was snatched from the world she knew and taken to the underworld to become the wife of Hades. Come tunnel your way to the underworld with us, in poetry.

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Bridge of Love: Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 29 Comments

bridge of love prompt

Love, water, bridges, time: it’s a great poetic tradition to put these elements together. Join us, explore some sample poems, and create your own bridge of love with poetry.

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Form It: A Tunnel Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 8 Comments

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“Form It” is a poetry prompt that focuses on exploring our topic through form poetry. The prompt includes recommendations for each form’s best use! This time, we’re going to “form” a tunnel. 🙂

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Bridges & Tunnels: Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 32 Comments

bridges & tunnels poetry prompt

This week’s poetry prompt asks you to guide the path of travelers and become Bridges & Tunnels. Join us, animate yourself into a soaring bridge or a passage—and create poetry.

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Wishes & Stars Poetry Prompt: Wish

By Heather Eure 23 Comments

I wish poetry prompt

The wishes we make can tell us a little more about ourselves. Think back on that broken wishbone and write poetry on the possibility of a wish.

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Animate Poetry Prompt: Stars

By Heather Eure 6 Comments

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In the season of wishes and stars, come animate yourself and speak, poetically, as a star.

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Wishes & Stars: Aedh’s Wishes Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 16 Comments

wishes & stars poetry prompt

In his classic poem “Aedh Wishes for Heavens Cloths,” Yeats takes us on a voyage through space and into the depths of the heart. Join us while we discuss the poem and what it means to share our wishes and dreams and create poetry.

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Boxes & Baskets: Gift Box Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 12 Comments

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You find a beautiful gift-wrapped box at your door. Join us this week as we learn a bit about the origins of gift wrapping, find out more about that mysterious gift box you’ve received, and write some poetry.

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Form It: A Box Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 5 Comments

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“Form It” is a poetry prompt that focuses on exploring our topic through form poetry. The prompt includes recommendations for each form’s best use! This time, we’re going to “form” a box. 🙂

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Boxes & Baskets: Animate Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 12 Comments

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This week’s poetry prompt asks you to become unique and unusual Boxes & Baskets. Whether a square container or one woven with a handle, adventure awaits. Join us, animate yourself, and create poetry.

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Bears & Beasts: Teddy Bear Comfort

By Heather Eure 8 Comments

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Worn down, threadbare, and beloved— the teddy bear is a child’s first buddy. Think back to your childhood and pay homage to the most honored of stuffed animals with poetry.

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Bears & Beasts Poetry Prompt: Fairytale Beasts

By Heather Eure 4 Comments

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Fairytales and fables invite us to an imaginary world with clever animals and princes bewitched and transformed into ghastly beasts. Create a beast of your own imagination, one whose story deserves to be told— with poetry.

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