avatarLucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)

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The website content discusses a poetry prompt that encourages writers to explore diverse themes in their poetry, suggesting that poems can be about any subject, not just traditional ones like nature, love, or spirituality.

Abstract

The web content presents a poetry prompt titled "What is your poetry about?" which challenges the conventional notion that poetry must revolve around established themes such as nature, love, or spirituality. It proposes that a poem about something as mundane as a ketchup sandwich could be as memorable as a poem about stealing plums. The author, Lucy Dan, likens poems to personal photographs taken through a unique and imperfect lens, emphasizing that poetry can evoke joy, provoke thought, and challenge preconceived notions. The content includes a call to action for poets to participate in the prompt by writing and submitting their work, either to "The Brain is a Noodle" publication on Medium or by tagging the author if submitted elsewhere. The author also mentions an app they have created and shares links to some of their other works and writing prompts.

Opinions

  • Poetry can and should explore a wide range of subjects, including those that are not traditionally considered poetic.
  • The value of a poem lies in its ability to offer a unique perspective, much like a personal photograph reflecting the poet's viewpoint.
  • Poems are a medium for sharing diverse perspectives, even if they are unconventional or "won

#PoetryPrompt: What is your poetry about?

What is your poetry about?

a poem and a reflection

Photo by Megan Lee on Unsplash

does poetry need to center around nature or love or spirituality

or could a poem about ketchup sandwiches be just as iconically recognizable as the one that guy once wrote about stealing those plums from the ice box?

To me, poems are like photographs that are seen through my distorted lens, unstandardized, messy a little wonky at best, but perspectives still worth sharing and lens worth seeing through because sometimes they bring joy and laughter, and sometimes they challenge assumptions.

Tagging Coco Joan | Deepshikha Bhagat | Susan Alison | Nerissa Talique | Hardly Timepass | Gracia Kleijnen | Jennifer Dunne | Dr. Jackie Greenwood | Yan Huang| h.a wadi | O.M. Fernandes | Shivangi Patel | Toya Qualls-Barnette | Rakshita Upadhyay | Divina Grey | if you’re up to it and anyone else interested in today’s prompt: What is your poetry about?

Write a poem, submit to TBIN / tag me if you submit elsewhere, feel free to invite others to join if you’d like and be sure to include the link to the original prompt so others can join in on the fun!

Hi I’m Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她) and I’m really craving that ketchup sandwich right about now. 📱 Ps, I made an app?

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