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Poetry Prompt: One Word to Take You Home

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

New South Wales Sydney Ferry

Join author Callie Feyen as she explores using one word to describe a tough experience and uses it to create a story.

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Poetry Prompt: Earth Song Nature Poems—Celebrate!

By T.S. Poetry 25 Comments

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Celebrate the Earth Song nature poems anthology by penning your own song to or from the earth. Whether mountains, floral majesties, or monarchs, the lyrics are yours to compose.

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Poetry Prompt: The Five Whys

By Callie Feyen Leave a Comment

Five Windmills

Join author Callie Feyen as she asks the 5 Whys to get to the root cause of a problem and, in the process, writes Because Poems.

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Poetry Prompt: Simple Poems for Frustrated Writers

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

What simple poems can you write from the stuff of your days? Callie Feyen she considers the role of simplicity for frustrated writers.

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Poetry Prompt: Observation Poems

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Porthcawl Wales high tide ocean

Observation poems lead to action. Join author Callie Feyen as she reads, writes, and acts on Dave Malone’s poem “Tornado Drill.”

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Poetry Prompt: Baseball Poems

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

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Join author Callie Feyen as she pays tribute to her father-in-law, and baseball. Then prompts you to write baseball poems!

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Poetry Prompt: Haiku for Dreaming, Wishing, and Becoming

By Callie Feyen 6 Comments

If you can dream it, you can haiku it. Join author Callie Feyen as she shares how a new job is impacting her writing life.

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Brianna: Short Story + Fairy Tale Poetry Prompt

By Sara Barkat Leave a Comment

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Brianna is an enchanting science fiction story that re-imagines the classic Sleeping Beauty tale. Come try your hand at re-imagining a fairy tale in poetry!

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The Mannequin—Short Story + Erasure Poetry Prompt

By Sara Barkat 17 Comments

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A shiver-worthy story about a woman who trusts her heart to Society’s solution. The perfect beginning for an erasure poetry prompt!

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Poetry Prompt: Six-Room Poetry

By Callie Feyen Leave a Comment

Pancake rocks Punakaiki New Zealand Six-room poetry

Join author Callie Feyen as she wallows in the Michigan fog. That is, until her daughter changes her mind and prompts poetry.

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Poetry Prompt: 5 Things to Do With A Mistake

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

How many ways can you look at a mistake? Join Callie Feyen and take your mistake out for a walk. And write a poem about the process.

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Poetry Prompt: A Not-Yet Valentine

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

This week join author Callie Feyen as she writes a Valentine poem for people who aren’t Romeo and Juliet. Yet.

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Poetry Prompt: Be Your Own Professor — Haiku for Understanding

By Callie Feyen 4 Comments

Leopard mom and baby snuggling

Something magical can happen when you read a challenging story and then become your own professor — with a summary and haiku.

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Poetry Prompt: How Do You Spell “Communicate”?

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

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How do communicate with a would-be writer? How do you even spell “communicate”? Callie Feyen has the answer.

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Poetry Prompt: Football, West Side Story & Mary Oliver

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

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What do football, West Side Story, and Mary Oliver have in common? Each invites us to keep looking. Join Callie Feyen for a Perspective poetry prompt.

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Poetry Prompt: Soundtrack of Your Life

By Callie Feyen Leave a Comment

Author Callie Feyen invites us to write a poem about the soundtrack of our life and aim at universal themes. Just like on “The OC.”

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Poetry Prompt: Song Title Poetry

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

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Try writing Song Title Poetry! All you need is a pad of sticky notes, a playlist of favorite songs, and your imagination.

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Poetry Prompt: Gratitude Poems

By Callie Feyen 33 Comments

Join author Callie Feyen as she walks through her dark morning and writes a gratitude poem and invites you to write your own gratitude poems.

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Poetry Prompt: Banquet Poems

By Callie Feyen Leave a Comment

How can poetry be found in uncomfortable situations? Join author Callie Feyen (and some spiders) at a high school sports banquet.

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Poetry Prompt: It’s the Setting

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

What role does setting play in your poetry? Join author Callie Feyen as she explores how setting can be used to move our writing forward.

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