Text Prompt
Write a poem about hope.
Image Prompt
Poem by Wonderlane
The Poetry Marathon
Prompt for Hour Twenty-Three
Text Prompt
Write a poem about a world that is not this one.
Image Prompt
Photo by Daria Nepriakhina
Prompt for Hour Twenty-Two
Text Prompt
A few years back I prompted everyone to write a cheese poem because of this quote, “Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.” ― G.K. Chesterton. The same could be said of pizza, so that’s your prompt this year. Pizza.
Image Prompt
Photo by: Scott Umstattd
Prompt for Hour Twenty-One
Text Prompt
Write a poem that starts and ends with the word running.
Image Prompt
Prompt for Hour Twenty
Text Prompt:
Write a poem about a routine or ritual that is part of your life. It can be something like making coffee every morning, or something like attending religious services once a week.
Image Prompt:
Photo by Robbin Grimm
Prompt for Hour Nineteen
Text prompt
Write a poem describing your surroundings as inarticulately as possible, but maintaining just a tiny bit of the truth.
Image prompt
Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann
Prompt for Hour Eighteen
Text Prompt
Write a poem about a haunting, real or imagined, detailed or abstract.
Image Prompt
Prompt for Hour Seventeen
Text prompt:
Write a poem either titled or centred around a ‘Kaleidoscope’.
Prompt contributed by Bhasha Dwivedi.
Image Prompt:
Photo by Bro Takes Photos
Prompt for Hour Sixteen
Text Prompt
Write a poem that is pretending to be something else, a set of instructions, a recipe, an letter, a news report, etc.
(Why yes, this prompt was inspired by This is Just to Say, which is a poem pretending to be an apology)
Image Prompt
Photo by Clark Van Der Beken
Prompt for Hour Fifteen
Text Prompt
Write a poem about an experience, but from the perspective of another. For example you could write a poem about your wedding from the experience of your spouse, or you could write a poem about an argument with a stranger from the perspective of the stranger.
Image Prompt
Photo by Manny Becerra