Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 661
For this week’s prompt, write a trip poem. Many people take trips to far off lands and amusements this time of year in my corner of the universe. I frequently take trips to the local grocery store and greenway. Some people trip on cracks in the sidewalk or roots on dirt trails (or their own feet).
And still other people may interpret the word trip in their own trippy ways. But however you trip, do so poetically this week.
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
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Here’s my attempt at a Trip Poem:
“no pressure but,” by Robert Lee Brewer
as i gaze into my backyard
watching the hawks swoop
& deer prance & rabbits hop
i know each & every word
could be the last i share
& so what epitaph will stare
me in the face this week
as i settle into my thoughts
& intentions tripping out
like fawn following their
mother with attentive ears
& ready to elude men & bears
into the shadows of the night