POMprompt #2 Tell Me About Why you Write

but there’s a twist

If you would like to participate in this POMprompt, here are the directives:

This is the second #POMprompt and I am very pleased with the response to the first prompt; Reveal. This prompt will be a little different as it is not based on a one-word prompt.

You may post your poem in any publication you choose. Please link to this article on your post so that others may participate.

The prompt:

With the new MPP changes many of us poets find ourselves standing on shaky ground. The uncertainly is palpable. Facing this redefining of the MPP paradigm has us asking ourselves what this means for the future of our poetry here on Medium.

Let’s take that a bit further. What does is mean for us as poets and writers? WHY do we write? Does the shift in payment affect how we view our own objectives or press us to write and “poet” differently?

For this prompt you will analyze your role, your purpose, your identity, your methods of writing poetry. You will develop a poem that tells who you are as a poet — and the twist is, that you will do it in third person, not from the typical “I” and “me” perspective.

Step outside of your poet’s skin and tell me what you see. Write about this as if you are telling it about someone else. The dissociative aspect of this prompt is what makes it challenging.

Write a third person poem on this theme and remember to link back to the prompt! Any style, any length. POMpoets…GO!

Our first prompt in case you missed it:

Christina Ward is a poet and nature writer from North Carolina. She is the admin of a Facebook Group named Poets on Medium (POM), the editor of eight publications (including this one), and a Top Writer in seven tags. You may follow her work or become a fan here: Fiddleheads & Floss Poetry.