2023 WRITING PROMPT JOURNEY

Poetry Writing Prompts — Week Forty-Five

Writing prompts for November 5th to 11th

Welcome to Week Forty-Five of our 2023 Writing Prompt Journey!

We have three new prompts awaiting you, and two words/concepts for each that you can try to include in your poems (if you crave a challenge).

Also, if any of these prompts fail to inspire, but the images take you in an entirely different direction, please feel free to follow where your muse leads!

Your poems may be in any form and use any poetic devices, but here are a few different ideas of poetic forms to get you started:

• one-line poem: short but sweet, these poems are generally 30 words or less and share one complete thought, image, or emotion
• diamante: a poem with seven lines that form a diamond shape, and deal with two opposite or similar subjects. The first line is the initial subject of your poem, the second line is two adjectives that describe the initial subject, and line three is three words that end with -ing (again, describing the initial subject). Line four starts with two descriptive words about the initial subject, but then ends with two words that describe the ending line’s subject, which is usually an antonym or synonym of the starting subject. Line five is three -ing words that describe the ending subject, line six is two adjectives that describe the ending subject, and line seven, finally, contains just the ending subject/word. This complicated-sounding poem is best explained with a sample, so I highly recommend clicking on the diamante link to see my attempt at one.
• etheree: a poem that is 10 lines, starting with a single syllable in the first line and adding one syllable per line until the final line is 10 syllables long.

The simple rules for this Journey:

1. Pick a prompt (or two or three!) and get writing.
2. Post in our Publication, or post anywhere! Make sure to share a link in your post back to this Prompt post.
3. Share a link to your prompted writing in the comments (or tag me in your post so I can find your writing to enjoy and share with others on this Journey).
4. Tag your post with “Writing Prompt Journey” and “Poetry”.

Prompt 1

feast

For an extra challenge, try to work these two words or ideas into your poem: bountiful | together

Prompt 2

apple

Challenge words/ideas: juicy | crisp

Prompt 3

woolen

Challenge words/ideas: insulating | woven

Remember to check out the Non-Fiction and Fiction Prompts for Week Forty-Five for more inspiration. You can also go back to see the previous weeks’ prompts here.

And please don’t forget to post links to your prompted poetry in the comments, and link back to this post in your writing so more people can join the journey. I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Chelsea Marie is a writer by night and a graphic designer by day. She is a West Coast Canadian with a bad case of wanderlust and a dream to travel the world with her severely airplane-phobic partner. Why do things the easy way when a complicated route makes a much more exciting story? Visit my other socials here: https://linktr.ee/c.the.storyteller