Flipping Random

Summary

Carolyn Hastings invites readers to participate in the Random Poetry Prompt, inspired by Daniella Montage's random poetry story, encouraging the writing of random yet decipherable poems.

Abstract

The web content describes the Random Poetry Prompt, an initiative by Carolyn Hastings, sparked by Daniella Montage's whimsical micropoem. This prompt encourages writers to explore their creativity by composing random but intelligible poems on any topic. The poems should avoid being unintelligible gibberish and must be presented in a poetic form. There are no constraints on word count, lines, titles, or submission limits, and participants are encouraged to publish their work on Medium and tag Carolyn Hastings to share their creations. The prompt is open to all, with the aim of fostering a community of writers engaging in a fun, random, and poetic exercise.

Opinions

Carolyn Hastings appreciates the randomness in Daniella Montage's poetry, which she finds inspiring.
The act of writing random poetry is seen as a fun and liberating creative exercise.
There is an emphasis on the poem being random yet still making sense and being presented as a proper poem.
The inclusion of a twittle by Carolyn Hastings suggests her positive reception of random creative processes.
The prompt is designed to be inclusive and accessible, with no specific guidelines on form or content.
Tagging other writers and inviting them to participate indicates a desire to build a collaborative writing community.
The prompt is presented as a casual and enjoyable challenge, free from the pressures of traditional writing prompts.

You can thank Daniella Montage for this!

a random assortment of toys — hey! what’s that twittle doing there? 😆 (photo by writer)

Daniella did something random - she says it’s her Achilles heel - she wrote a cute micropoem telling Matt how she truly feels

A few weeks ago, Daniella Montage tagged me into her story, Random Poetry. She wrote about her Achilles heel and the wind, which would seem totally unrelated — or maybe not, depending on how randomly your brain works!

My brain must be pretty random because I wrote a twittle about her poetry!

I won’t let on any more about the story behind Daniella’s poem, except to say that it gave me the idea for a poetry prompt — hence the reason for us being here now. 😊

The Random Poetry Prompt

The fun thing about being random is that you never know where it will lead. If that sounds like fun to you, then you’ve come to the right place!

I’m borrowing the title of Daniella’s story and calling the prompt: The Random Poetry Prompt

… because that’s what it is — random poetry!

This is your opportunity to write a completely random poem about anything or everything or nothing much at all!

Your poem doesn’t have to make sense, however it does need to be decipherable (not unintelligible, k%f0j3!w7xn4p$*r gobbledygook!), and it does need to be presented as a poem — which given the scope of poetry can be anything and everything but not nothing!

.. no word counts, no line limits .. no special titles, subtitles, kickers, tags .. no timelines .. no limits on number of submissions

Publish your poem anywhere that takes your fancy on Medium — here at Paper Poetry would be fine.

Tag me into your random poetry piece so I can be less random about finding it! 😆

To share the fun, you can include a link to this story and invite (@ handle tag) other writers to join the prompt.

The Random Poetry Prompt

Flipping Random

You can thank Daniella Montage for this!

The Random Poetry Prompt

Flipping Fritters

✨ Reaching out randomly to —

Random Poetry

An amusing ramble ❤