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Custard the Cowardly Dragon (A Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 10 Comments

A Tweetspeak poetry prompt involving Ogden Nash, Custard the cowardly dragon, and light verse.

Filed Under: Blog, Dragon Poems, Dragons and Creatures, poetry, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

Frumious Nonsense & Jabberwock Thoughts (A Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 3 Comments

Seth Haines spins a ferocious new poetry prompt from the nonsense words of Carroll’s ‘Jabberwocky.’

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

St. George of the Bayou (A Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 20 Comments

St. George of the Bayou spins a dragon tale and a brand new poetry prompt.

Filed Under: Blog, Dragon Poems, Dragons and Creatures, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

Puff The Magic Dragon v. The Chupacabra (A Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 11 Comments

Start April with some poetry about dragons and creatures, and a brand new creature-themed musical playlist to get your poetry juices flowing.

Filed Under: Blog, Dragons and Creatures, Music, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

Personal Pantoum Fest (A Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 12 Comments

Seth Haines tried his hand at this month’s theme. Writing a pantoum was an exercise in discipline, sticking to the strictures of a poetry form. And like it or not, the poetic form assisted in maintaining and conveying the chaotic sense of the story.

Filed Under: Blog, Pantoum, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

Pant, Pant, “Ou-ou-oum” (A Goat Song Pantoum Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 16 Comments

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One Direction and Bon Jovi are all over the new goat song craze. We kick off our March Pantoum poetry theme with a playlist for the goat pantoum.

Filed Under: Blog, Music, Pantoum, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

Let’s Go Crazy–A Potpourri Purple Poetry Prompt of Tyrannosaurical Proportions

By Seth Haines 15 Comments

From Barney the purple dinosaur to Little Jack Horner’s plum-popping thumb, Seth Haines has a new purple poetry prompt.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Purple, Themed Writing Projects

The Symbolic Duke and a Purple Play (A Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 15 Comments

As the guest of honor, Alexandrovitch was given the right to declare the colors for Mardi Gras. He chose purple to signify justice, green to represent faith, and gold for kingly power. Seth Haines has chosen the same for a poetry prompt.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

Purple Plays (An Associative Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines

Men have long lusted after the cherry-red Porsche, or the ruby-red lips of their lovers. The perfect little black dress is the staple of the refined lady’s closet. Children have long dreaded the color “school-bus yellow.” What objects do you most associate with colors purple and indigo? What emotional states do the colors bring to mind? Seth Haines has a new poetry prompt.

Filed Under: Blog, color poems, Indigo Poems, Plum, Poems, poetry, Purple, Themed Writing Projects, writer's group resources, writing prompts

Purple Rain and Indigo Blues (A Plum-Good Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 16 Comments

Seth Haines invites you to share your purple-themed poetry, your indigo verses, your plum-good musings with a new poetry prompt and themed playlist. Who knows, maybe we’ll feature your work in an upcoming piece at Tweetspeak!

Filed Under: Blog, color poems, Indigo Poems, Plum, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

Battle of the Beverages (Another Coffee Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 19 Comments

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The beverage wars are on. This week’s poetry prompt pits coffee against soft drinks (or any other drink, really) in a duel to the death.

Filed Under: Blog, Coffee and Tea, poetry, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

How Do You Take It? (A Coffee Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 21 Comments

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Cream is only good when it’s fronted by Eric Clapton, and the highest form of coffee sacrilege is its dilution with dairy. That’s one man’s opinion. What about you? How you take it? Seth Haines has another poetry prompt.

Filed Under: Blog, Coffee and Tea, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

January Poetry Prompt: Coffee or Tea? Hallelujah, Rosie Lea!

By Seth Haines 44 Comments

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Welcome to a new year here at Tweetspeak Poetry. With this new year comes a new series of Monday poetry prompts to help you get your week started right! If you’ve been with us for a while, you know the drill–I’ll provide a writing prompt touching on Tweetspeak’s monthly theme, and you’ll compose a poem to […]

Filed Under: Blog, Coffee and Tea, Music, poetry, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

Holiday Haiku: A Poetry Prompt

By Seth Haines 16 Comments

Holiday favorite “A Christmas Story” provides a backdrop for this week’s holiday haiku poetry prompt with Seth Haines. Careful. You’ll shoot your eye out.

Filed Under: Blog, Christmas Poems, Haiku, Haiku Poems, Poems, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

Surrealism Poetry Prompt: Dali the Surrealist, the Prophet

By Seth Haines 12 Comments

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Seth Haines has a new poetry prompt for our surrealist theme building on the tradition of Salvador Dali’s “The Faces of War.”

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Surrealism, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

November Surrealism Poetry Prompt–A Musical Playlist

By Seth Haines 21 Comments

This month’s theme at Tweetspeak is surrealism, and we’re composing poems that play with the theme. Seth Haines has a brand new surrealism-themed musical playlist to help us create some surrealist poetry by playing with juxtapositions and free associations.

Filed Under: Blog, Music, poetry, Surrealism, Themed Writing Projects

October Spirits—Bergström’s Place (A Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 5 Comments

I am happy for my friend and toast, “here’s to fine people who are bringing in the harvest. Here’s to the good earth. Here’s to Rusty!” We raise our glasses and drink heartily, just the way Rusty would were he among us.

Seth Haines uncorks a new Monday wine and beer poetry prompt.

Filed Under: Blog, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

Rust, Corrosion and Chrome: A Random Acts of Poetry Prompt

By L.L. Barkat 2 Comments

What is poetry? Maybe rust, oxygen, or chrome.

Filed Under: random acts of poetry

National Poetry Month Is Here + Prompt!

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National Poetry Month Is here! What are your plans? We’d love to help you find what you need to make it the best.

Filed Under: article, Blog, National Poetry Month

National Poetry Month: Mischief Café Prompt

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We’re celebrating National Poetry Month with an invitation to The Mischief Café. Join us with cinnamon toast, tea, and poem-writing to get the party started!

Filed Under: Mischief Café, National Poetry Month, Poetry for Life, poetry prompt, writing prompt, writing prompts

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