Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 680
Happy New Year! Let’s poem!
For this week’s prompt, write a history poem. Feel free to write about ancient history, somewhat long ago history, and/or recent history (like last year). Go big and wide by covering a whole society or time period, or get very specific by covering a particular person or moment. Also, your history poem could be about something many people know, but don’t be afraid to make it a more personal history.
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
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Write a poem every single day of the year with Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming. After sharing more than a thousand prompts and prompting thousands of poems for more than a decade, Brewer picked 365 of his favorite poetry prompts here.
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Here’s my attempt at a History Poem:
“the history of this poem,” by Robert Lee Brewer
was less a whisper
& more a wind
howling through trees
removing the leaves
& clawing at the edges
of houses & chimneys
pleading let me in
because i have
a story to tell
but that story only
prompted more stories
that prompted more winds
racing off across the horizon
until this very place
was but a whisper