2022 WRITING PROMPT JOURNEY
Poetry Writing Prompts — Week Nine
Prompts for February 26th to March 4th
Welcome to Week Nine of the 2022 Writing Prompt Journey! Whether you are just discovering us this week (welcome!), or you have been with us since the beginning (all you wonderful, familiar, talented folks), remember you can always go back to previous prompts from previous weeks whenever you like. These prompts are here to inspire you 365 days a year, 24 hours a day! You can find all the previous prompts here.
Poetry has always been my favorite form of writing. It got me through so many emotional times as a teenager (oh those angsty poems), and it helps me to express myself even today.
I’m also known for saying things with 500 words when 10 words would suffice, so I love short poetic forms like haiku and tanka for the challenge they bring to someone who is not usually so pithy.
If you’re here, I’m going to assume you love writing and reading poetry, as well. So, welcome kindred spirits!
As always, 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).
Your poems may be in any form and use any poetic device, but here are a few different ideas of poetic forms to get you started:
- abecedarian: a poem in which the entire alphabet is written down the left side of the page (A-Z, or Z-A if you’d like to try it in reverse), and each line must begin with the corresponding letter of the alphabet in order. A wonderful example of an abecedarian by Alison McBain can be found here.
- stornello: a 3-line stanza comprised of 11 syllables each. The rhyme scheme for a stornello is generally aaa. Feel free to play around and use multiple stornelli together to form a longer poem.
- tricubes: a mathematical poetic form created by Phillip Larrea. Three stanzas, three lines in each, and three syllables per line.
The simple rules for this Journey:
- Pick a prompt (or two or three!) and get writing.
- Post in our Publication, or post anywhere! Make sure to share a link in your post back to this Prompt post.
- Share a link to your prompted writing in the comments.
- Tag your post with “Writing Prompt Journey”.
Prompt 1
Howl
For an extra challenge, try to work these two words or ideas into your poem: untamed | rapacious
Prompt 2
Clover
Challenge words/ideas: fortuitous | ditty
Prompt 3
Confidence
Challenge words/ideas: abscond | tarry
Remember to check out the Non-Fiction and Fiction Prompts for Week Nine 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 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 the easy way when a complicated route makes a much more interesting story? She’s on Instagram @c.the.storyteller writing and posting poetry in her spare time.
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