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Poetry Prompt: Fireworks, Sparkles & Speckles

By Kortney Garrison 12 Comments

Living Sparks Writing Fireworks

Take a little time to engage in some sparkly living this week. Pay special attention to what glints and gleams, sparkles and speckles, or… explodes!

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Writing Prompt: Science Fiction and Ecopoetry

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Science Fiction and Ecopoetry Dandelion

Reports on the state of the planet’s future can sound like dystopian science fiction. Can they also be a clarion call that enlivens our creativity? Join us as we write about our interconnection to the world we’re part of.

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Poetry Prompt: Science Fiction with Ray Bradbury

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Ray Bradbury The Pedestrian House

Go on a walk after reading Ray Bradbury’s story “The Pedestrian,” then craft a sci-fi poem to share with us where your rambles took you.

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Poetry Prompt: Science Fiction with Ursula K. Le Guin

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Science Fiction Rocks

Try writing a poem inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin, where setting is everything, whether it’s the California foothills, the banks of a creek bravely winding its way to the ocean, or an utterly new planet that only you have explored!

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Poetry Prompt: Science Fiction with Tony Wolk

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Science Fiction Trees Tony Wolk

This week we’re spending time in our notebooks tracing the lines of connection, the poems we can’t forget, the books we always return to, reflecting on their influence on our poetry—and maybe sharing a poem to illustrate.

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Poetry Prompt: Haiku Picture Books

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Kids at Sunset Poetry Prompt

Pour a cup of tea and enjoy these haiku picture books (including a cat tale!) that will make you smile and get you writing.

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Poetry Prompt: The Tanka’s Turn

By Kortney Garrison 13 Comments

The Big Wave

Can you write a poem in 31 syllables that takes the reader in an unexpected direction?

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Poetry Prompt: Japanese Art and the Tanka

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Tanka Art Weeds

There’s a long tradition of poetry being inspired by painting and other fine arts. Come write tanka inspired by Japanese art!

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Tanka Poetry Prompt: What’s a Tanka?

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Tanka Prompt Egret

This month, we’ll explore the ancient Japanese form called the tanka. This lesser known form might be thought of as haiku’s quiet older sibling.

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Birthdays & Birthstones Poetry Prompt—The Tempest as Fairy Tale

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birthday candles poetry prompt

Explore Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” and write a fairy tale poem about a royal birth where magic is afoot and things aren’t what they seem.

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Birthdays & Birthstones Poetry Prompt: Celebration

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birthday noisemakers

Join us as we write about celebrating birthdays, and consider how the formal aspects of our poems add emotional resonance to personal observations.

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Birthdays & Birthstones Poetry Prompt: Hidden Riches

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Birthstones Prompt: Hidden Gems

A chunk of quartz crystal caught my eye. Inside the quartz were ribbons of tourmaline, October’s birthstone. What is the hidden gem in your writing?

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Birthdays & Birthstones Poetry Prompt: A Rossetti List Poem

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Rossetti Catalog Poem: Balloons

Come write poetry inspired by Christina Rossetti’s list poem “The Months” and see if you like how she describes your birthday month.

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Birthdays & Birthstones Poetry Prompt: Birth Day

By Kortney Garrison 30 Comments

Baby Lambs with Mother

Are there family stories about the day of your arrival, a received mythology that shapes you? Come write poetry about the unopened gift of your birth.

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