This hour your challenge is to write a poem about coffee . Although there is one tiny catch. You can never use the words coffee, beans, black, milky, cafe, or caffeine in this poem. You must convey the idea of coffee, of drinking it, without…

For this prompt, re-imagine a fairy tale or a myth. Take the general plot of one well known story and change one key component. It could be the gender of the characters, the ending, or just one of the important details contained within the story.

Title a poem as you would start a letter with Dear “insert name here”, then go on to write a poem to the person whose name you used. That person could be real or fully imagined. The contents of the poem could contain truth or…

Use the following image to inspire your next poem.

Death is the theme of many poems and the preoccupation of many poets. Still after all this time poets are churning out new and intriguing approaches to death in poetry. The goal of this prompt is to write a poem about death. The death you…

Pick 5 of these 8 words and use them in your next poem. Piano Ferns Lantern Beech Boots Laughter Jars Clear

Read the following excerpt from Caryolyn Forche’s poem Elegy (from the book angel of History) and when that excerpt ends write your own poem from that  point. Start by writing what you imagine the next line to be and go from there. When you finish…

Write a poem in five parts. The sections can be numbered or named but they must all be clearly separated from each other within the poem as a whole. Happy writing!

Good morning poets! Your first prompt (should you need one) is this: Listen to Cat Steven’s song Morning Has Broken. You can listen to it here, but make sure you ignore the video. Don’t do anything while the song is playing, but after it is…