Listen to our new Doors & Passageways playlist, then write a doors or passageways poem, including a line of the lyrics if you like.
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Bottled & Canned: A Secret Poetry Prompt
Think of a secret you want or need to preserve. Put it in a bottle or can. Will it go in easily? This is poetry. We don’t need to know the actual secret.
Ten Great Writing Playlists & Poetry Prompts
Do you have a favorite playlist you listen to while you write poetry? We’re featuring ten of our favorite themed writing playlists.
Bottled & Canned: A Keeping Poetry Prompt
Have you ever found a bottle worth keeping? Have you ever collected a whole colorful line? Put it in poetry.
Bottled & Canned: Surprise Poetry Prompt
Have you ever opened a can, only to find something unexpected? Now’s your chance.
Bottles & Cans: A Playlist and Poetry Prompt
Can you put bottles and cans in your poems? Join us for our new Bottled & Canned theme, and a brand new playlist and poetry prompt.
Rock ‘n Roll Poetry Prompt: Instrumental
Rock music contains poetry, as do the instruments and voices that speak it. Jethro Tull’s “Acres Wild” shows us the way.
Rock ‘n Roll Poetry Prompt: Rock in Place
Rock ‘n roll poetry prompt takes you back to the car, the basement, or even the closet.
Rock ‘n Roll Poetry Prompt: Blue Suede Shoes
What kinda shoes rock you? Put ’em in a poem, and rock us too.
Rock ‘n Roll Lyrics: Poetry Prompt
Get your lyrics on and write a rock ‘n roll poem. Read one too, with an SRV.
Tweetspeak Rocks (A Poetry Prompt)
We’re rocking this month at Tweetspeak! Come kick off this month’s “Rock and Roll” theme with a killer playlist and poetry prompt. Are you ready to rock?
The Mirror, The Storyteller (A Poetry Prompt)
In this week’s poetry prompt, we explore the stories reflected in the mirror. What story does your mirror tell?
Mirror, Mirage (A Poetry Prompt)
Can you tell the difference between mirror and mirage? Do you follow false reflections or true? This week, we’re exploring the poetry in mirages.
Realities Reflected (A Poetry Prompt)
The slanted, off-kilter fun-house bedroom emptied into a narrow a corridor, a hallway with mirrored walls. The lights were bright, fluorescent lit, and gave the general impression of being trapped inside that Bruce Lee classic, Enter the Dragon. My three boys and I stopped, noticed the hundreds of us-es that seemed to stretch around slight reflective […]
Mirror, Mirror (A Poetry Prompt)
Seth Haines starts out our June Mirror, Mirror theme with a musical reflection — our June poetry prompt playlist of mirror tunes.
32 Flavors And Then Some (a Phoenix Poetry Prompt)
The phoenix is a classic theme in literature, poetry, and music. This week Seth Haines has a poetry prompt with the phoenix and Ani Difranco’s 32 Flavors.
The Opalescent Swallow (A Poetry Prompt)
Join Seth Haines for a new poetry prompt on the swallow, from this month’s Swan, Swallow, the Phoenix theme.
Honk if You Were a Teenage Swan (A Poetry Prompt)
Write a coming-of-age poem inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Ugly Duckling” in this week’s poetry prompt from Seth Haines.
Swans, Swallows, and the Phoenix (A Poetry Prompt)
Seth Haines kicks off the month of May with a new poetic playlist on our Swans, Swallow, Phoenix theme, and a brand new poetry prompt to boot.
Night at the Classroom (A Poetry Prompt)
Making Grendel from paper mâché? Perhaps you’d rather just write a creature poem. Seth Haines has a new poetry prompt from literature’s greatest creatures.