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Memories Poetry Prompt: Something Lost

By Callie Feyen 6 Comments

Careful walking in beauty; it can lead you to lost things.

Is there something you remember that you wish you could return to? Join Callie Feyen in stirring your memories of lost things you wish you could find again—and put them in a poem!

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Memories Poetry Prompt: A List

By Callie Feyen 8 Comments

Sometimes Turning Memories Into Stories Feels Like Climbing A Mountain

A good rule for writing true is, start with what bothers you. But what do we do when what bothers us is too much to figure into a story? How about making a list?

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Poetry Prompt: Come Back To Your Heart (Map)

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

What Do You Hold In Your Heart?

Looking for ways to tap into your memories and turn them into stories or poems? Try heart mapping, a creative exercise in exploring what you hold close.

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Halloween Poetry Prompt: Never Too Old For …

By Callie Feyen 8 Comments

What is it that makes you remember gratefully, that you are always unfinished?

Join Callie Feyen as she confesses why Halloween is a favorite holiday, and also, that she hopes to never grow too old for its make believing.

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Poetry Prompt: How-To Haiku

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

What does it look like to listen?

How many ways are there to listen? How many ways are there to learn math? Can you write the instructions in the form of a haiku?

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Poetry Prompt: The Alphabet—Your Name

By Callie Feyen 8 Comments

Leave your handwriting everywhere.

What poetry hides in your name? Join Callie Feyen for poetry prompts that have to do with the letters that make up you!

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Writing Prompt: The Alphabet—Start With Who You Are

By Callie Feyen 6 Comments

Don't forget your essence as you learn new things.

Callie Feyen tells a touching and inspiring story about one daughter who sings her way to amazingness. Come sing your way, too, through writing a memory of something you learned with passion.

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Poetry Prompt: The Farm—Endings and Pretending

By Callie Feyen 9 Comments

What endings do we see on a farm in summer?

What poetry can be found in an ending? Can we play pretend long enough to believe? Join Callie Feyen as she writes about disintegrated definitions and why poets make some of the best friends.

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Poetry Prompt: Farm Blackout Poetry

By Callie Feyen 27 Comments

Found Poetry

Not sure where to begin when crafting a poem (or learning about a new concept)? Join Callie Feyen to write blackout poetry from new and unfamiliar material.

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Writing Prompt: Play With Your Food

By Callie Feyen 5 Comments

Rainbow Carrots Play With Your Food Writing Prompt

Creative nonfiction writer, Callie Feyen, takes help from poet Tania Runyan to write food poetry. Come along and craft your own poem or story—purple carrots optional!

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Poetry Prompt: Find a Farm Skeleton

By Callie Feyen 15 Comments

Creative nonfiction writer, Callie Feyen, takes help from poet Tania Runyan to try to write farm poetry. Come along and craft your own (with or without the talking goat.)

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Writing Prompt: Beach Metaphors

By Callie Feyen 28 Comments

Treasures found at the Beach

How is an exploration on the beach like an experience in a new school, a new town, or a new phase of life? Come write with a beach metaphor!

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Writing Workshop: Writing the Journey

By T.S. Poetry 8 Comments

Choose the exotic. Or choose the everyday. Either way, take a journey with us, in this special “Writing the Journey” workshop, and step into discovery!

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Writing Prompt: Speckled Scenes

By Callie Feyen 22 Comments

Speckles in the sky are both mysterious and magnificent

What is mysterious and magnificent about speckles? What excites us about small patches of color on a summer’s evening? Join us as for a speckled writing prompt.

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Infographic: How to Write a Tanka

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

Try your hand at writing a tanka poem with our fun new infographic.

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Form It: Little Lamb Poetry Prompt

By L.L. Barkat 2 Comments

form it poetry prompt

“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

By Heather Eure 1 Comment

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

animate prompt lions lambs

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

By Heather Eure 4 Comments

velvet rope poetry prompt

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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