Poetry | Prompt | September

Let’s Float on September Verses

Paper Poetry Month-long Prompt for September 2022

Hi fellow humans,

How is the world treating you these days — or should I say, how have you been treating it in the recent past? All good, I hope.

First, thank you for being with Paper Poetry, for reading and sharing your magnificent words that sing your songs, utter your emotions, and take us on a journey of its own. Paper Poetry is nothing without you and your contribution.

We are currently running our weekly prompt#25, which has already presented us with some fantastic poems from our dear writers:

✒ Paying It Forward by Jenine Bsharah Baines ✒ Friends by William J Spirdione ✒ Such Is the Blessing of Friends by Carolyn Hastings ✒ Friends Are Selfish Beings by Suntonu Bhadra (Disclaimer: me!)

Since there’s a gap of a few days before the next prompt starts, we’ll extend this prompt until Wed, 31/8.

Now, let’s reveal what awaits for September!

‘September Verses’ Prompt

Period: 1st — 30th September 2022

Style/Form: Whatever form you decide (haiku, monoku, twittle, free verse, sonnet, epigraphic, micro poetry, prose poetry — your pick, and let the words flow) to write on any of the following themes-

Thanks, Carolyn Hastings and Indubala Kachhawa, for helping with the prompt themes.

Prompt Details

✏ You can choose one theme at a time; in no particular order, the ‘theme word’ must be within the poem.

✏ You can combine multiple themes in your poem; each ‘theme word’ must be within the poem.

✏ You can certainly include a background story about the writing process, what motivated you to choose the theme/write the poem, etc.

Word limit: Minimum 5 words, maximum 500 words (main poetry body).

Title/subtitle/kicker: please use ‘September Verses’ as the kicker; your choice of title and subtitle that relate to the theme/s you are writing about

Tags: Please use the ‘September Verses’ tag when submitting your poem. Also, please include the ‘theme word’ as another tag. So, suppose you choose the theme ‘Lemon’ to write a poem, please include ‘Lemon’ as a tag.

Image: Minimum one image, maximum two images (must incorporate a handwritten/handcrafted element in either paper or digital format, for clarification, please explore Paper Poetry’s submission guidelines). If you are using two images, at least one of the images has to follow the Paper Poetry guidelines, whereas the other one can be from a free-to-use source (i.e., Unsplash, Pexels, etc.).

Extensions: Please include a promotional link to this prompt and invite (@ handle tag) one other poet to join the prompt.

Submission timeline: We will start publishing the poems (based on the prompt’s theme/s) from Thursday, September 1 (UTC-10hrs, the Cook Islands midnight) — closing Friday, September 30 (UTC-10hrs, Cook Islands 11:59 pm).

However, you can start submitting your poem/s ‘NOW!’

New Writers are welcome: If you are new to Paper Poetry and want to join the fun, please leave a comment requesting to be added as a writer; or email us at [email protected].

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Let the September verses take us on a memorable poetic adventure!

Suntonu Bhadra 2022