Directions: Take a piece of paper, and fold it in half. In the left-hand column, make a list of your 26 favorite words, 1 for each letter, A-Z.  Using Google or a thesaurus, find a synonym for each of the 26 words.  The synonyms need not…

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.

write a letter-poem to your favorite poet / writer perhaps include questions or metaphors / allusions to their work

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…