WORLD POETRY DAY 2023 WRITING PROMPT

It’s a Pleasure to Write Poetry

Inward and outward expressions

For more details about World Poetry Day 2023 & the Writing Prompt, please read Carolyn Hastings’ article below:

Celebrating World Poetry Day 2023 ✨

UNESCO inaugurated World Poetry Day in 1999. Each year since then, March 21 has been the day to honour poetry and poets the world over and throughout history.

Prompt Details

Theme: World Poetry Day — Always be a poet, even in prose (Charles Baudelaire)

Task: think about what the quote means to you as a writer. Share your thoughts and creativity in whatever way works for you, either by responding to the quote directly, or demonstrating it in your writing.

Note: If you’re making direct reference to Baudelaire’s quote, please provide a hyperlink to the source e.g. copy and paste this one — https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4947-always-be-a-poet-even-in-prose

Form: any form is acceptable — poetry and prose in any combination, including prose poetry, haibun, poem and essay, poetry review, poet biography to mention just a few

Word limit: minimum 10 words

Thank you, Carolyn, for this writing prompt to celebrate World Poetry Day 2023!

World Poetry Day 2023 Contribution

Poetry explores the inward emotions and outward observations in the deep recesses of our essence, using words that convey these introspections not conveyable the same in another form, expressed in images, colors, and music unveiled in lines of verse.

Poetry reveals something more than what we first believe and might be dull, like fixing a door, later discovering at another level, complexity, and depth, something about life’s mysteries, no longer just words describing how to repair a warped door.

Poetry is our excuse to examine hidden things, bubbling up when life throws us a curve. They are deep and dark, big-picture things: death, desire, a broken heart, the nature of existence, and the enigmas of nature itself.

Poetry allows our thoughts and emotions to flow forth, revealing them to the world as metaphors, sharing an up-close experience, dreamy imagery, and surprises — gripping the seeker of venture and reflectiveness who partakes in the magic of verse.

Including up to five other writers who might be interested in participating, as stated in Carolyn Hastings’ article:

John O'Neill Ray Day Carlo Zeno Misbah Sheikh Donna Rayne Stoycoff

Submission period: Thursday, March 16 (UTC-10hrs, Cook Islands 12:00am) — Friday, March 31 (UTC-10hrs, Cook Islands 11:59 pm) Yes, I know, World Poetry Day is a one-day event but we’re giving you 16 days to have fun with it! 😆