POMPROMPT
A Trip Down Poetry Lane
#POMprompt 17

I’ll begin this POMprompt with a link to the response, which I have already written — inspiring the POMprompt. I admit fully to being a little backward lately. (Or as we say here in the south, bass-ackwards.)
Welcome to #POMprompt 17!
The point of this POMprompt is to take your readers on a “Walk Down Poetry Lane.”
Imagine your poems are sights along a country road and you are giving a walking tour. Tell your reader how that poem came to be. What was the process or inspiration? Tell the story behind the poem as if you were showing photographs to a child and giving them the story of their family members. Make your reader feel they are sitting at your feet, hearing your stories.
Make it pleasant, interesting, revealing. Take us on a journey. Teach us something about yourself through the stories of your poems. (It will make a lot more sense if you read the one I have written linked at the top of this post.)
This is your chance to highlight a few of your poems and give us the inside scoop. We have our popcorn and our cameras — we are ready for your “Trip Down Poetry Lane.”
Where will you take us?
Here’s the POMprompt #17 and how to participate:
- Read the I Hope You Aren’t Missing These linked at the top of this post — this will give you a good idea of how this prompt works.
- Write your own “A Trip Down Poetry Lane,” in a conversational style that keeps your reader’s interest and takes them on a journey.
- Publish it in whatever publication you like.
- Tag this post (so others can play) or tag me ( Christina M. Ward) in your responses so I can see what you write.
- PLEASE use “POMprompt” as a tag and/or #POMprompt when sharing on social media.
That’s it! I look forward to reading your responses.
Christina M. Ward is the creator of the Poets on Medium movement, the POM.
Many thanks to the editors, moderators, and helpers for the POM groups: Ashwini Dodani, Arjan Tupan, Samantha Lazar, and Sam Kimberle! And to all our fabulous writers!
Together, we are the POMfam.