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Poetry Playground Writing Prompt #13

Do you believe in luck?

This week’s prompt is inspired entirely by the number 13, as it is the thirteenth prompt.

Can you think of a time when you were particularly lucky or unlucky? Write a poem about it. Was it luck? Might it have been divine intervention? Or was it caused by someone else’s actions? If you don’t want to share a personal story, you could make it a fictional piece.

This week, try to convey in the form of your poem the feelings and circumstances of the events if you can. For example, you might want to think about stanzas of different lengths to indicate length of time, surprise, or even boredom.

Remember, general poetry submissions are always welcome here.

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Last Week’s Gems

Last week’s prompt generated some beautiful and thoughtful poems. Here are just two to read if you haven’t yet done so:

We also welcome general submissions. This one from My Cozy Den is terrific:

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