Prompts

Missed the Sunday writing workshop? Check this page for some of the prompts we've used, so you can write anyway!

Parallel Universe: Imagine you, but in a completely different life based on making a different decision that impacted everything else.
Last Words: Use the last sentence from the nearest book as the inspiration for the first line of your poem.
Recipe: Write your poem in the form of a recipe. This can be for something tangible, such as a cake, or it can be a more abstract concept such as love or happiness. List ingredients and directions for mixing and tips for cooking up your concept to perfection.
Dear Reader: What audience enjoys reading the type of poetry you like to write? Craft a note to your potential audience that addresses their biggest fears, hopes, and dreams.
All or Nothing: Share your thoughts on absolutist thinking: when one’s beliefs are so set in stone there are no exceptions.

- Describe how an emotion feels to you (Joy - bubbly, light, fluffy; Sadness, Heavy, cold, dark, etc)
- What's it gonna take?
- Write about a time you felt small or larger than life
- Erasure - (Erasure poetry, also known as blackout poetry, is a form of found poetry wherein a poet takes an existing text and erases, blacks out, or otherwise obscures a large portion of the text, creating a wholly new work from what remains.)
- Challenge - Take any theme and write a list of words that relate to it that you can think of. Then, write a poem where you use the related words to create imagery to convey a feeling or emotion not directly associated with the theme