Tag: writing prompt

Write a poem inspired by the unclaimed items at the lost and found.

Write a love poem in the voice of an animal.

Imagine that you arrive at the Cantab on a Wednesday to find that no poetry is happening. Now what do you do?

Write a poem based on a word or phrase misheard (or misread).

You have received a gift from a new lover. However, due to a time travel incident, the “you” who is receiving the gift is the “you” five years from now– who knows exactly how the relationship ends. How do you turn the gift down?

Write a poem with an excessively long title that serves as set-up for a punchline.

Write a poem that uses lemons as its central image. Do not use the following words: yellow, sour, bitter, “when life gives you,” or meringue.

Consider a historical figure whose goals may have been admirable, but whose means to achieve them were not. Write a poem to correct that person’s methodology. (Extra tip: if you are thinking about trying this with a particular WW leader… Don’t.)

Write about what the next doom-sayers will have to say once we survive the predicted 2012 apocalypse.

Write a poem about a song without using any of the song lyrics. DON’T SING.