Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 686
Happy Valentine’s Day!
For this week’s prompt, write a valentine poem. That is, write a sweet little poem to the object of your desire, whether that’s another person, a type of food, or wherever your heart takes you.
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 Valentine Poem:
“Sweet Nothings,” by Robert Lee Brewer
Well, you are, after all, something
more than just the sweetest nothing,
but there’s nothing sweet as those things
I feel when covered in your sweet nothings.